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South Africa: Mandela remains in hospital

A woman walks behind a fabric bearing a portrait of former president Nelson Mandela in Soweto, South Africa Sunday June 9, 2013. Mandela has been hospitalized with an occurring lung infection. The latest government report says that he remains in a serious but stable condition. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela is spending a third day in a hospital where the former president is being treated for a recurring lung infection.

A woman walks behind a fabric bearing a portrait of former president Nelson Mandela in Soweto, South Africa Sunday June 9, 2013. Mandela has been hospitalized with an occurring lung infection. The latest government report says that he remains in a serious but stable condition. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

There was no update Monday morning from the office of President Jacob Zuma, which had said on Saturday that the 94-year-old Mandela was in a “serious but stable” condition.

On Sunday, members of Mandela’s family were seen visiting the Pretoria hospital where the anti-apartheid leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate is believed to be staying.

Mandela has been hospitalized several times in recent months. The last discharge came on April 6 after doctors diagnosed him with pneumonia and drained fluid from his chest.

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