Ailing former South African President Nelson Mandela is putting up a courageous fight from his "deathbed", his daughter Makaziwe Mandela has said.
[size=14px !important][color=rgb(51, 51, 51)][/color][/size][left][size=14px !important][color=rgb(51, 51, 51)]Mr Mandela, 95, is receiving home-based medical care after being discharged from hospital in September following treatment for a recurring lung infection.[/color][/size][/left]
[size=14px !important][/color][color=rgb(51, 51, 51)][/color][/size][left][size=14px !important][color=rgb(51, 51, 51)]Makaziwe Mandela told national broadcaster SABC: "Tata is still with us, strong, courageous. Even for a lack of a better word .... on his 'deathbed' he is teaching us lessons; lessons in patience, in love, lessons of tolerance.[/color][/size][/left]
[size=14px !important][/color][color=rgb(51, 51, 51)][/color][/size][left][size=14px !important][color=rgb(51, 51, 51)]"Every moment I get with him I'm amazed. There are times where I have to pinch myself that I come from this man who is a fighter even though you can see he is struggling, but fighting spirit is still there with him."[/color][/size][/left]