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27 January 2011 Last updated at 17:49 GMT
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has stayed in hospital for a second day under medical supervision.
Current President Jacob Zuma said Mr Mandela, 92, had flown from Cape Town to Johannesburg and had gone to a clinic on Wednesday for a check-up.
Among his visitors at the Johannesburg hospital were his wife, Graca Machel, and ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
Security was tight outside the hospital and police were called to control traffic as a scrum of journalists grew.
Media have also gathered outside Mr Mandela's home in Houghton, a wealthy suburb of north-east Johannesburg.
Mr Zuma, speaking from Davos in Switzerland where he is attending the World Economic Forum, said: "Given his age he has been taken into a hospital for a check-up. I'm sure check-ups are more frequent than when he was a healthy young man."
The ruling ANC party called for calm, urging South Africans "not to press any panic buttons".
Children at a local school have hung messages of support outside the Milpark Hospital.
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