Mandela in hospital with lung infection

Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black president, has been admitted to a hospital with a recurring lung infection, South Africa said Thursday.

Mandela, 94, has become increasingly frail in recent years and has been hospitalized several times since last year, mostly recently earlier this month when he received what a presidential spokesman described as a "successful" medical test.

Mandela was admitted to a hospital just before midnight Wedesday "due to the recurrence of his lung infection," the office of President Jacob Zuma said in a statement.

"Doctors are attending to him, ensuring that he has the best possible expert medical treatment and comfort," the statement said. It appealed "for understanding and privacy in order to allow space to the doctors to do their work."
Zuma wished Mandela a speedy recovery, referring to him affectionately by his clan name, "Madiba."
"We appeal to the people of South Africa and the world to pray for our beloved Madiba and his family and to keep them in their thoughts. We have full confidence in the medical team and know that they will do everything possible to ensure recovery," the presidential statement quoted Zuma as saying.
Mandela spent a night in a hospital and was released on March 10 following a medical test. At that time, presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said Mandela was "well."

In December, Mandela spent three weeks in a hospital, where he was treated for a lung infection and had a procedure to remove gallstones. A year ago, Mandela was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital for what officials initially described as tests but what turned out to be an acute respiratory infection. He was discharged days later. He also had surgery for an enlarged prostate gland in 1985.

Under South Africa's white-minority apartheid regime, Mandela served 27 years in prison, where he contracted tuberculosis, before being released in 1990. He later became the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 under the banner of the African National Congress, helping to negotiate a relatively peaceful end to apartheid despite fears of much greater bloodshed. He served one five-year term as president before retiring.
Perceived successes during Mandela's tenure include the introduction of a constitution with robust protections for individual rights and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a panel that heard testimony about apartheid-era violations of human rights as a kind of national therapy session. South Africa still struggles with crime, economic inequality and other social ills.
Mandela last made a public appearance on a major stage when South Africa hosted the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament.

Waje: I Have Been Beaten, Maltreated And Violated

Stunning Nigerian singer Aituaje Iruobe popularly called Waje has given us an insight into her life. She speaks about her life as a single mother, her Ideal man, Career, her relationship with her baby’s father among other things.
Please read it below.

Tell us about your recent project with MI, Omawumi and Eldee?
“We worked on a project with German-based NGO that has a branch in Nigeria. The organisation is fighting against violence on women and children, so we did a compilation for them. We came out with four songs, and the thing about this songs is that we were singing about real stuffs. Like the song I did “New Morning” I approached it from the angle of a woman who has been there- beaten, maltreated, violated. I wanted women who feel that pain to connect with it. MI talked about a “Real Man”, Eldee talked about “Treating Her Like A Lady”- Loving her like your mother and sister. Omawumi did the song “Enough Is Enough”- like how many times will a woman suffer, so enough is enough.”
What kind of man would you want?
“I want a man who fears God. A man who is confident and comfortable and would not be intimidated by things that come with what I do. I know what it is to be talking with a friend and somebody you don’t know from Adam would come to excuse you and say ” I want to take a picture with you” It keeps going on and on. So it’s somebody who understands that can take this. Then that person must be handsome. As a single mother the natural question people must ask is about the relationship that produced the child and what happened? Some things are better left unsaid. It did not work out that is it. It has nothing to do with music or me doing music, it just didn’t work out.