Former South African president Nelson Mandela remains in hospital while he receives treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia.
Presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said there had been no updates on the 94-year-old since an official statement on his condition yesterday.
That reported the anti-apartheid leader was breathing without difficulty after having a procedure to clear fluid in his lung area.
Mr Mandela was admitted to a hospital in the capital, Pretoria, near midnight on Wednesday.
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It was his third trip to hospital since December, when he was treated for a lung infection and had a procedure to remove gallstones.
Earlier in March, he spent a night in a hospital for what officials said was a scheduled medical test.