Report: Former South African President Mandela Is In A Permanent Vegetative State

Nelson Mandela Is In 'Vegetative State And Warring Family Were Advised To Turn Off Life Support EIGHT DAYS Ago', Explosive Court Papers Reveal As Children Are Reburied -- Daily Mail

* Mandela needs a life support machine to help breathe, documents say
* But South African government denies reports, claiming he is in a 'critical but stable' condition
* Mandla Mandela accused his relatives of adultery and milking fame
* Remains of Nelson Mandela's three children were reburied at original site
* Graca Machel: Mandela is sometimes uncomfortable but seldom in pain
* Jacob Zuma: Former president remains in a critical but stable condition

Doctors advised Nelson Mandela's family that his life support should be turned off because he was in a 'permanent vegetative state', court documents reveal.

The revelation from members of the former president's family came as part of a family dispute over the graves of three of his children.

Court documents from June 26 said: 'He is in a permanent vegetative state and is assisted in breathing by a life support machine.

'The Mandela family have been advised by the medical practitioners that his life support machine should be switched off.

'Rather than prolonging his suffering, the Mandela family is exploring this option as a very real probability.'

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