[Daily Nation (Kenya)] South Africa President Jacob Zuma appeared on state television... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
Tuesday to reassure an uneasy nation that Nelson Mandela, although in a serious condition, is receiving the best of care.
In a brief recorded interview Zuma reiterated that the anti-apartheid icon and father of modern South Africa was in a stable condition.
"We are all feeling it, that our president, the real father of democracy in South Africa is in the hospital," Zuma, looking relaxed and clad in a sweater, told the South African Broadcasting Corporation.