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Mandela's family meets to resolve ongoing feud

(CBS News) Nelson Mandela remains critically ill Wednesday as well-wishers and supporters continue to gather outside of the Pretoria hospital where the former South African president has been receiving treatment for nearly three weeks.

On Sunday, President Jacob Zuma said the 94-year-old former leader -- who was hospitalized on June 8 due to a recurring lung infection -- is "well-looked after and is comfortable" but the South African government has been relatively tight-lipped regarding Mandela's health status.

CBS News Debora Patta reports that 500 miles away from Pretoria, in Mandela's ancestral village of Qunu, there was a lot of activity on Monday.

Family members were observed inspecting a burial site in the area and CBS sources told Patta the meeting was called to resolve a bitter family feud over the removal of graves of other relatives from the site by Mandela's grandson.

Patta reports the meeting was tense, as the family wants to resolve the issue urgently.

Mandela has not been in Qunu for about six months due to his frequent hospital visits, but has often expressed a wish to return to the village where he was raised.

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