Agence France-Presse reported Thursday that court documents dated June 26 showed Mandela was “in a permanent vegetative state and is assisted in breathing by a life support machine” and that doctors had advised his family to take him off life support. Mac Maharaj, a spokesman for the South African presidency, declined to comment on those court documents.
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