South African President Jacob Zuma has visited Nelson Mandela in hospital and says he “looks well after a restful night”, Mr Zuma’s spokesperson said. The president has been reassured that Mr Mandela is in the hands of a competent medical team at the hospital in Pretoria. The 94-year-old was admitted to hospital on Saturday to undergo tests. South Africans have been waiting for word on Mr Mandela’s condition amid messages of hope for a speedy recovery. Mr Mandela was taken from his home in the rural village of Qunu, in Eastern Cape province, to hospital in the capital on Saturday. Local media report that the decision to move him was taken so quickly, some family members and his own foundation were initially unaware it had happened.
Nelson Mandela ‘looks well’ in hospital
