Mandela completes a month in hospital,still critical

Graca Machel,the wife of Mandela,has provided emotional stability during her husbands lengthy hospital stay,media here reported.

Madiba always wants reassurance that she Machel is close by. She provides emotional stability not only to him but also to many of us, Mandelas personal assistant Zelda la Grange said using the South African leaders clan name.

Mandela had a long history of lung problems,dating back to the time when he was a political prisoner on Robben Island during apartheid. While in jail he contracted tuberculosis.

Mandela is revered for leading the fight against white minority rule in the African country and then preaching reconciliation despite being imprisoned for 27 years.