World / Nelson Mandela Mandela's Condition Turns Critical President says condition has deteriorated in past 24 hours By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Jun 23, 2013 3:14 PM CDT Copied A file photo of Nelson Madela in April 2013, (AP Photo/SABC TV) The South African presidency says the health condition of Nelson Mandela has become critical. The office of President Jacob Zuma said that the president had visited the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader this evening and was informed by the medical team that Mandela's condition had become critical in the past 24 hours. Zuma says in a statement that the doctors are "doing everything possible to get his condition to improve." (More Nelson Mandela stories.) Report an error