Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) - South Africans lit candles outside the hospital where anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela lay Wednesday night as an official who had been briefed in detail on his condition reported the former president was on life support.
Considered the founding father of South Africa's multiracial democracy, the 94-year-old Mandela has been hospitalized since June 8 for a recurring lung infection. Authorities have described his condition as critical since Sunday, and President Jacob Zuma said earlier Wednesday that Mandela's condition remained unchanged, South Africa's national news agency reported.
The world is going to lose an icon of peace and it's going to feel just a little bit darker on this planet. I'm wishing him all the best and I hope he isn't conscious of any pain he may be in.
The world is going to lose an icon of peace and it's going to feel just a little bit darker on this planet. I'm wishing him all the best and I hope he isn't conscious of any pain he may be in.
You have told what I wanted to but couldnt find the right words
Nelson. 
