Nelson Mandela still in 'serious but stable' condition as friend says ' we will release him'.

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   Nelson Mandela, former South African leader, who was rushed to a hospital in Pretoria on Saturday is still in 'serious but stable condition' two days after
he was hospitalized.
   Few hours after he was rushed to the hospital On Saturday, the South African President's office said the increasingly frail Mandela was in a "serious but stable condition."
   After offering no updates for 48 hours,  President Jacob Zuma’s spokesperson, Mac Maharaj, said today, Monday, that Mandela's condition was "unchanged."
   Families throughout South Africa prayed for the iconic leader’s recovery as they attended church services Sunday.
   Meanwhile, South Africans might be beginning to come to terms with the mortality of their first black President as the front page of South Africa's Sunday Times read, "It's time to let him go."
   Using his clan name, Mandela’s long-time friend, Andrew Mlangeni, 87,the former apartheid era prisoner, who was jailed for life alongside Mandela in 1964 was quoted as saying,

“We wish Madiba a speedy recovery, but I think what is important is that his family must release him. Once the family releases him, the people of South Africa will follow. We will say thank you, God, you have given us this man, and we will release him too. You have been coming to the hospital too many times. Quite clearly you are not well and there is a possibility you might not be well again," Mlangeni told the paper. 

   The 94-year-old former leader has been in and out of hospitals in recent years due to a recurring lung infection and this has sparked a lot of concerns worldwide.
   The founding father of South Africa's democracy has battled respiratory infections over the years as his history of lung problems dates back to when he was a political prisoner on Robben Island during apartheid.