Former South African president Nelson Mandela, is now in "critical" condition, a government statement said Sunday.br br The statement added that doctors are doing everything they could for the 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero.br br Earlier on Sunday family members visited Mandela at a Pretoria hospital.br br .br br Mandela, who became South Africa's first black president in 1994, was rushed to the hospital on June 8 with a recurring respiratory infection.