Mandela Hospitalised

• Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday will be celebrated across the world

  Global celebrations and charity events will mark Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday Thursday, but the critically ill anti-apartheid hero himself may still be confined to his Pretoria hospital bed on life-support.

• Former South African president confident of Nelson Mandela's recovery

  Former South African president Thabo Mbeki said on Saturday he was confident his predecessor Nelson Mandela's health would improve and the ailing anti-apartheid hero would be released to recuperate at home.

• Nelson Mandela remains critical, grandson to lodge complaint against court document over his health

  Nelson Mandela remained hospitalised in a critical state Sunday after doctors ruled out turning off his life support unless he suffers massive organ failure.

• 'I have lived my life': Nelson Mandela mulled death in unseen video

  Nearly 15 years ago Nelson Mandela was unperturbed by his own death, telling a dying teenager that he had lived his life to the full.

• Nelson Mandela on death and dying

  Haunted by death during his long anti-apartheid struggle, Nelson Mandela looked toward his own "eternal sleep" as a man who fulfilled his duty to his people.

• Nelson Mandela's grandson to face charges in grave dispute

  A family feud over the burial site of three of Nelson Mandela's children intensified Tuesday when criminal charges were filed against one of his grandsons, as the ailing 94-year-old former president remained hospitalised in critical condition.

• Ailing Nelson Mandela still able to unite South Africans

  A 10-year-old's note to Nelson Mandela, the prisoner who fought South African apartheid, or white racist rule, and became a global emblem of unity and humility, addresses him as "the greates president are land has ever had it is realy bad that you are in the hospital.

• Nelson Mandela's condition remains 'critical but stable'

  Nelson Mandela remained in a "critical but stable" condition today, the presidency said, more than three weeks after the anti-apartheid hero was hospitalised with a recurring lung infection.

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  Confederations Cup: Brazil, Spain in shirts gift to Nelson Mandela

  Nobel peace laureate Mandela, who played a major role in the 2010 World Cup coming to South Africa - the first time the competition has been held on the African continent - is in critical condition in Pretoria where he was hospitalised on June 8 with a recurring lung infection.

• Millions stand at vigil to honour Nelson Mandela's legacy

  As Nelson Mandela lingers in a hospital, yet another remarkable moment is helping to seal his legacy: Millions of people around the world, united by respect and gratitude, are preparing for this beloved man to die.

• Nelson Mandela battles for life as well-wishers pray for recovery

  South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela's condition remains "critical but stable" on the 23rd day of his hospitalisation for a recurring lung ailment, even as a stream of people continued to flock the hospital to pray for the recovery of the 94-year-old former president.

• Nelson Mandela is 'fine,' getting better in hospital, wife says

  Nelson Mandela's wife has said the 94-year-old icon is "fine" and his health is improving after he was hospitalised more than a week ago for pneumonia, a report said Friday.

• Nelson Mandela: prisoner, president and father of 'Rainbow Nation'

  Nelson Mandela spent 27 years as a prisoner of apartheid before embarking on a "long walk to freedom" which saw him crowned South Africa's first black president and a Nobel peace laureate.

• Nelson Mandela doing better but his memory fading, says close friend

  Nelson Mandela, South Africa's former president and the anti-apartheid hero who returned home after a brief hospitalisation at the weekend, was doing okay but that his memory had faded, a close friend said today.

• Nelson Mandela hospitalised for medical check-up: presidency

  Global peace icon and former statesman Nelson Mandela was hospitalised on Saturday for a "scheduled medical check-up", the presidency said, months after he underwent treatment for lung infection and gallstones.