Mandela's condition now 'critical' - South African government

Police officers inspect a car at the entrance of a Pretoria hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated June 23, 2013. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African president Nelson Mandela's condition deteriorated to "critical" on Sunday, the government said, two weeks after the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader was admitted to hospital with a lung infection.

President Jacob Zuma and the deputy leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), Cyril Ramaphosa, visited Mandela in his Pretoria hospital, where doctors said his condition had worsened in the last 24 hours, a statement said.