A close friend and long-time lawyer of former President Nelson Mandela of South Africa, Mr. George Bizos, has said the memory of the 94-year-old political icon was fading.
He told newsmen in Johannesburg, Monday, after visiting Mandela that “he was doing okay’’ but that his memory was not what it used to be.
Bizos said Mandela seemed to have forgotten that some of their mutual friends had died.
“Unfortunately, he sometimes forgets that one or two of them had passed on and his face is blank when you tell him that Walter Sisulu and some others are no longer with us,” he said.
Bizos said Mandela was aware of current political events but didn’t comment on them.
Bizos said: “If he was asked ‘What do you think about this or that issue? His inevitable response was ‘Go ask my President’. He never wanted to second-guess his successor.”
Mandela was released from a Pretoria hospital on Sunday after undergoing a routine test and medical check up over the weekend. He was said to be recovering at home in Houghton, Johannesburg.
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