Article posted: 12/9/2012 7:40 PM

South Africa at crossroads as Mandela hospitalized

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People pose beside the statue of former president Nelson Mandela that overlooks Mandela Square in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday. Mandela, 94, is in poor health and hospitalized.

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South Africans prayed Sunday for the hospitalized 94-year-old former President Nelson Mandela, who remains almost a secular saint and a father figure to many in this nation of 50 million people that is home to Africa’s top economy.