Nelson Mandela was taken to hospital yesterday amid fears about the failing health of the first South Africa’s first black president.

Spokesmen for the 92-year-old, who has appeared increasingly frail recently, insisted the visit was for ‘routine tests’.

But his arrival at Milpark hospital in Johannesburg by ambulance yesterday afternoon was followed by a stream of family members, including his wife Graça Machel, 65.

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