Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- South Africans sang and prayed late Thursday outside the hospital where Nelson Mandela is being treated, singing "Viva Mandela!" after news the anti-apartheid icon's condition had stabilized. Colorfully dressed women danced in front of the Pretoria hospital where candles burned, the South African Press Association reported. Hundreds of people from the African National Congress Youth League and Women's League sang struggle songs, danced, and marched up and down the street in front of the hospital, according to the state-run South African Broadcasting Corp. "There is no other like him," they sang. Zuma: Mandela's condition improves
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NEW: South Africans sing, dance, and pray outside the hospital
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"He is much better today than he was when I saw him last night," Zuma says
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Mandela's daughter: "He's ... still reactive to touch. We will live with that hope"
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Mandela's grandson criticizes "hurtful" and "mischievous rumors"
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