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She and her daughter Zindzi arrived after 3pm in a black Audi, escorted by a white Mercedes-Benz. Photographers tried to take photos of them through the car’s tinted windows.
Earlier, the other two of Mandela’s three surviving children arrived at the hospital in separate cars.
Makaziwe Mandela’s red Range Rover drove past numerous police officers at the hospital’s entrance.
Her car was followed by that of Zenani Mandela, South Africa’s ambassador to Argentina.
This was Mandela’s fourth day in hospital. The presidency said yesterday that the doctors treating Mandela had given President Jacob Zuma a thorough briefing on Monday night.
“President Zuma has full confidence in the medical team, and is satisfied that they are doing their best to make Madiba better,” spokesperson Mac Maharaj said in a statement.
Mandela was still in a “serious, but stable” condition.
Maharaj dismissed media reports that Zuma would visit Mandela yesterday.
“That is incorrect. The president is in Cape Town preparing for the budget vote of the presidency,” he said.
On Saturday, the presidency announced that Mandela had been admitted to hospital in the early hours of the morning.
On Monday, the presidency said his condition was unchanged, and that he was receiving intensive care.
Security at the hospital, in Arcadia, was tightened, with police officers manning its two entrances.
Police spokesperson Phuti Setati earlier said police at the hospital were part of the presidential protection services team, whose task included protecting former presidents.
He did not specifically confirm that Mandela was in the hospital.
Local and international media have camped outside the facility, and at Mandela’s Houghton, Johannesburg, home since Saturday.
People continued leaving messages of support outside his home on Tuesday.
A couple wearing T-shirts bearing the words “We love you Papa Mandela” and “We love you Papa Madiba” placed a teddy bear in a similar T-shirt at one of the sunken pot plants, where others had left messages of support on stones. — Sapa.
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