Update on former South African president Nelson Mandela's health. Mandela remains critically ill with a lung infection, but is "at peace" and his family is praying for a "smooth transition", the daughter of the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader has said.

"All I pray for as a daughter is that the transition is smooth. He is at peace with himself. He has given so much to the world. I believe he is at peace," Makaziwe, the sole surviving child from his first marriage to Evelyn, said. Asked whether the family should let the former statesman go, Makaziwe said they would not because Mandela had not asked them to. "In our culture, the Tembu culture ... you never release the person unless the person has told you: 'Please, my children, my family, release me.' My dad hasn't said that to us," she was quoted a saying by the Timelive.com.