JOHANNESBURG - Nelson Mandela's oldest daughter on Thursday slammed the "crass" media frenzy around her critically ill father, likening the press to vultures.

Mandela accused the foreign media of "a racist element" by crossing cultural boundaries and being a "nuisance" at her father's Pretoria hospital where he is on life support.

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