Slideshow: Nelson Mandela: A revolutionary's life (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/31965573/displaymode/1247/?wbSlideShowId=31965573&wbSection=news)(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/_archive/News/_International%20News/Africa/ss-090717-Nelson-Mandela-NEW/ss-120601-mandela-tease.photoblog600.jpg) (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/31965573/displaymode/1247/?wbSlideShowId=31965573&wbSection=news)View images of civil rights leader Nelson Mandela, who went from anti-apartheid activist to prisoner to South Africa's first black president.Launch slideshowBy Ron Allen, NBC NewsJOHANNESBURG -- Nelson Mandela's life is an open book. Volumes chronicle every aspect of his 94 years. However, all that changed earlier this month when he was hospitalized.
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma and his spokesman have released several brief statements saying essentially that Mandela "continues recovering,” and that there’s “no crisis.” The latest, issued Monday, said Mandela would spend Christmas Day in hospital, with Zuma asking "all freedom-loving people around the world to pray for him."
All this has done little to quell the widespread fear in South Africa and around the world that the end of the life of “Madiba” -- as the beloved elder statesman is affectionately known here – is near.
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They should come out openely to tell us what he is suffering from.That is what we want to hear