Jon Gambrell

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The ruling party African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma sings before addressing delegates during the opening of their elective conference at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. Zuma acknowledged Sunday that corruption and violence have marred the image of his African National Congress as it changed from a liberation movement to governing party, but called on members to again support him to be its leader. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Zuma asks South Africa’s ANC to keep him as leader

Jon Gambrell · December 16, 2012 2:00 pm

FILE - This photo taken Monday Aug. 6, 2012 shows former South African President Nelson Mandela when he met with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, unseen, at his home in Qunu, South Africa. Mandela on Friday, Dec 14 2012 entered the seventh day of a hospital stay for a lung infection as questions grow about where he is receiving treatment. The 94-year-old patriarch of South Africa's democracy has been hospitalized since Saturday, first undergoing tests and later being diagnosed with the ailment. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File)

Mandela undergoes successful gallstone surgery

Jon Gambrell · December 15, 2012 8:16 pm

FILE - This Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 photo from files shows South African president Jacob Zuma, left, and deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe, right, during the opening of Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa. South Africa's governing African National Congress political party will return Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, to where it first formed a century ago to fight apartheid, to pick its next leader, at a time some believe the movement is fighting to regain its moral high ground. (AP Photo Schalk van Zuydam-File)

SAfrica’s ANC party to choose leader amid turmoil

Jon Gambrell · December 15, 2012 10:42 am

FILE - This photo taken Monday Aug. 6, 2012 shows former South African president, Nelson Mandela, when he met with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, unseen, at his home in Qunu, South Africa. Mandela on Friday Dec 14 2012 entered the seventh day of a hospital stay for a lung infection as questions grow about where he is receiving treatment. The 94-year-old patriarch of South Africa's democracy has been hospitalized since Saturday, first undergoing tests and later being diagnosed with the ailment. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File)

Mandela remains hospitalized as questions grow

Jon Gambrell · December 14, 2012 4:26 pm

CORRECTS YEAR A giant statue of former president Nelson Mandela after being unveiled on Naval Hill in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Dec 13, 2012, by president Jacob Zuma, second from right, ahead of the ruling African National Congress's elective conference. Mandela, who has been hospitalized since the weekend, is recovering from a lung infection. (AP Photo)

Confusion rises over Nelson Mandela’s location

Jon Gambrell · December 13, 2012 9:21 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 photo South African president Jacob Zuma, left, and deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe, right, during the opening of Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa. South Africaâs governing African National Congress will see Zuma compete against his soft-spoken deputy next week at a convention where members will pick who will lead the political party into the future _ and who will be in line to be the nationâs likely next president . (AP Photo Schalk van Zuydam, File)

South Africa deputy president in race to lead ANC

Jon Gambrell · December 13, 2012 2:00 pm

A mural depicts South African President Nelson Mandela on a hill in Soweto, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela "has made progress" in getting better after contracting a lung infection, officials said Wednesday. A short statement issued by current President Jacob Zuma's office announced Mandela's status, as the 94-year-old leader's stay in a military hospital near South Africa's capital, Pretoria, stretched into a fifth day Wednesday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Mandela’s fading moral compass worries S Africa

Jon Gambrell · December 12, 2012 4:24 pm

FOR STORY TO MOVE: This 1984 file photo shows the late Mozambican president Samora Machel. South African police said Wednesday Dec. 12, 2012 theyâve opened a new investigation into the 1986 airplane crash that killed Mozambiqueâs Marxist president Machel, an incident that many have blamed the former apartheid government. (AP Photo/Mark Peters-FILE)

New inquiry in ’86 crash killing Mozambique leader

Jon Gambrell · December 12, 2012 11:23 am

Young women walk pass a mural depicting former South African President Nelson Mandela at Alexandra township in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. South Africa's presidency says former President Nelson Mandela is suffering from a recurring lung infection and is responding to treatment. The statement Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 from presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon is "receiving appropriate treatment and he is responding to the treatment." (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Mandela battles lung infection, a chronic ailment

Jon Gambrell · December 11, 2012 4:22 pm

A giant portrait of former president Nelson Mandela adorns a cooling tower of a now defunct power station in Soweto, South Africa, Monday, Dec 10, 2012. Mandela underwent more unspecified medical tests in a military hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, as the public and journalists outside continued to ask the same, as of yet unanswered questions: What, if anything, is wrong with the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

S Africa worried as Mandela remains in hospital

Jon Gambrell · December 10, 2012 6:04 pm

A man readies his shop near a mural showing former South African President Nelson Mandela in the Soweto area of Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. South Africaâs presidency says that Mandela, 94, was admitted to a hospital Saturday in the nationâs capital for tests. (AP Photos/Jon Gambrell)

South Africa at crossroads as Mandela hospitalized

Jon Gambrell · December 9, 2012 7:29 pm

FILE -In this June 17, 2010 file photo, former South African President, Nelson Mandela leaves the chapel after attending the funeral of his great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa. South African President Jacob Zuma says that former President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital in Pretoria to undergo tests. Zuma issued a statement Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012 saying that Mandela is "doing well and there is no cause for alarm." (AP Photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, Pool, File)

South African icon Nelson Mandela hospitalized

Jon Gambrell · December 8, 2012 5:49 pm