Nelson Mandela's granddaughter says he is in a stable condition in hospital, as South Africa's president cancelled a trip abroad after visiting the anti-apartheid hero's bedside.
Ndileka Mandela told reporters outside his Pretoria hospital that her grandfather is still in a critical condition - but he is stable.
"We thank everybody for giving us support and praying with us ... we are anxious as you know he is critical but he is in a stable condition," she said.
Mr Mandela's eldest daughter Makaziwe said he is "very critical" but is responding to touch and is "still there".
South Africans have gathered outside the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital "Anything is imminent, but I want to emphasise again that it is only God who knows when the time to go is," she told SAFM.
"I won't lie, it doesn't look good. But as I say, if we speak to him, he responds and tries to open his eyes.
"He's still there. He might be waning off, but he's still there."
Sources have confirmed to Sky News that Mr Mandela was no longer able to breathe unassisted.
Balloons were released outside the hospital President Jacob Zuma abruptly cancelled a trip to Mozambique, after making a late night visit to Mr Mandela.
It is the first time Mr Zuma has scrapped a public engagement since Mr Mandela entered hospital on June 8.
Mr Zuma has visited the hospital again this morning.
South Africans have been praying, singing and dancing outside the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital, where the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader was taken with a recurring lung infection on June 8.
A group of children released 95 white balloons after praying for the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Crowds have been singing and dancing outside the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital Sky News Correspondent Alex Crawford, who is outside the hospital, said the mood is celebratory.
There seems to be a determined effort to actually celebrate what Nelson Mandela has achieved throughout his life and pay homage to the fact that he is engaged in yet another fight right to the end," she said.
US President Barack Obama, who is in Senegal for his first significant tour of Africa, has paid tribute to Mr Mandela, saying he is a "hero for the world" whose legacy will live on throughout the ages.
Mr Obama is planning to visit South Africa on Friday as part of his African tour.
Michelle Obama and her daughters met Mr Mandela during a trip in 2011 The White House has said that it will defer to Mr Mandela's family over whether the President would visit his political hero in hospital.
The two men met in 2005 when Mr Obama was a newly elected senator and the former South African president was in Washington and have spoken by telephone since.
They have not met in person since then, although Michelle Obama met with Mr Mandela during a trip in 2011.
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