UPDATE: Obama in South Africa, Holds ‘Town Hall,’ Honors MandelaPresident Barack Obama and South African President Jacob Zuma address a press conference following their meeting at Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, June 29, 2013. The president will visit Robben Island in South Africa Sunday, the prison where Mandela spent nearly 20 years for fighting to overturn the country’s apartheid regime. Meets with Mandela familyPresident Obama did not visit ailing former president Nelson Mandela in his hospital bed, instead meeting privately with Mandela’s daughters and grandchildren. —Obama Praises Senegal, Calls Mandela ‘Hero for World’ (VOA News)President Obama arrives in Senegal on Jun. He also spoke about former South African president Nelson Mandela.