South Africa's Mandela spends 6th day in hospital
By JASON STRAZIUSOBy JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press?
?Zenani Dlamini-Mandela, right, and unidentified family members at the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Thursday, June 13, 2013. Former South African President Nelson Mandela is spending a sixth day in the hospital and while there was no immediate update on his health Thursday, President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday reported that Mandela was responding better to treatment for a recurring lung infection. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Zenani Dlamini-Mandela, right, and unidentified family members at the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Thursday, June 13, 2013. Former South African President Nelson Mandela is spending a sixth day in the hospital and while there was no immediate update on his health Thursday, President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday reported that Mandela was responding better to treatment for a recurring lung infection. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Daughter Zinzi Mandela, left, granddaughter-in-law Lindo Mandela, center, and grandson Zondwa Mandela, right, arrive at the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa Thursday, June 13, 2013. Former South African President Nelson Mandela is spending a sixth day in the hospital and while there was no immediate update on his health Thursday, President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday reported that Mandela was responding better to treatment for a recurring lung infection. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Family members of Xhosa tribe meber Baba Mfundisi sit outside a traditional hut during her celebration to rite of passage into womanhood, forming part of the Xhosa tradition, near the birth place of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Mvezo, South Africa, Thursday, June 13, 2013. Former President Nelson Mandela began responding better to treatment Wednesday morning for a recurring lung infection following "a difficult last few days," South Africa's president said. President Jacob Zuma told parliament that he is happy with the progress that the 94-year-old is making following his hospitalization on Saturday. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
A family member of Xhosa tribe member Baba Mfundisi sits outside a traditional hut during her celebration to rite of passage into womanhood, forming part of the Xhosa tradition, near the birth place of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Mvezo, South Africa, Thursday, June 13, 2013. Former President Nelson Mandela began responding better to treatment Wednesday morning for a recurring lung infection following "a difficult last few days," South Africa's president said. President Jacob Zuma told parliament that he is happy with the progress that the 94-year-old is making following his hospitalization on Saturday. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
A family member of Xhosa tribe member Baba Mfundisi, unseen, stands inside a traditional hut during her celebration to rite of passage into womanhood, forming part of the Xhosa tradition, near the birth place of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Mvezo, South Africa, Thursday, June 13, 2013. Former President Nelson Mandela began responding better to treatment Wednesday morning for a recurring lung infection following "a difficult last few days," South Africa's president said. President Jacob Zuma told parliament that he is happy with the progress that the 94-year-old is making following his hospitalization on Saturday. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? South Africa's leader called on his country Thursday to remember Nelson Mandela not only for his years as the nation's first black president but also for his time as a revolutionary and a prisoner as the beloved figure spent his sixth day in the hospital.
In an address to parliament, President Jacob Zuma said South Africans should not create a "superficial" image of Mandela but remember his lifetime of work.
Zuma also spoke of the need to improve the lives of the country's black majority, many of whom live in poverty nearly two decades after the end of racist white rule.
Mandela on Thursday spent a sixth day in the hospital where he is being treated for a recurring lung infection. There was no update on his condition by late afternoon South Africa time. Zuma on Wednesday reported that Mandela was responding better to treatment.
Family members again visited the former president.
The leader of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement, Mandela spent 27 years in prison during white racist rule. He was freed in 1990 and became South Africa's first black president in 1994.
Mandela's official Twitter feed noted that Thursday was the 49th anniversary of the former president's arrival at Robben Island, the prison off the coast of Cape Town where he spent the majority of his incarceration.
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