Pretoria - Former president Nelson Mandela's family arrived at the Pretoria hospital where the elderly statesman was spending a 12th day on Wednesday.
Mandela's daughter, South Africa's ambassador to Argentina, Zenani Mandela, arrived at the hospital with Madiba's grandchildren Zoleka and Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway.
They were with Zaziwe's husband, American businessman, David Manaway.
The Mandelas drove past the security checkpoint along Park Street in a black SUV.
Mandela, 94, was hospitalised in the early hours of June 8 with a recurring lung infection. The presidency said he was in a “serious but stable” condition.
Several close relatives of the anti-apartheid icon had been visiting him daily.
Fewer police officers were manning the hospital's entrances on Wednesday.
Three officers stationed at each entrance were screening all vehicles entering the Medi-Clinic Heart hospital.
The number of journalists, including technical and logistical staff, also dwindled compared to the hundreds that milled outside the hospital during Mandela's first few days at the facility. - Sapa