According to CBS News, Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment.
South African President Jacob Zuma, who recently visited him in the hospital, said "We are encouraged that Madiba is responding to treatment and urge the public to continue providing support and showering him with love which gives him and the family strength."
Several weeks ago, Tanenbaum Peacemaker in Action Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, wrote a moving piece about Mandela (his clan name is "Madiba") published by South Africa's Sunday Tribune.
Click here to read the tribute, aptly titled "Peace the only way to honour Nelson Mandela."