>> yes, by the country's president, jacob zuma. he has announced plans for a massive infrastructure program to create jobs in a country that has been hit hard by the global recession. zuma was speaking at the state opening of parliament. we have this report from cape town. >> proud, with a sense of direction, this is how the new south africa wants to be viewed, 18 years after the end of white minority rule. they arrived for the state opening of parliament, knowing that this is still -- president jacob zuma, now totally comfortable with these affairs, is still a populist politician. in a country where a quarter of the adults are unemployed, he focused on job creation in his speech through infrastructure. >> massive investment in infrastructure must leave more than just power stations, dams and roads. it must industrialize the country, generate skills, and boost must needed job creation -- much needed job creation. >> it seemed to oppress, so, too, his plans to fight corruption. president jacob zuma makes his address with half an eye

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though there was understandable concern due to his age, he's 93, south african president jacob zuma saysoctors assured him there is nothing to worry about and that mandela is in good health. >>> to presidential politics now. just 48 hours from that crucial primary in michigan where mitt romney was born and raised, tonight polls show romney and rick santorum neck and neck. and both candidates came out swinging today with a momentum of a race hanging in the balance. nbc's ron mott has our report. >> reporter: with the race for michigan zooming toward the finish line on tuesday, today, presidential politics moved to the fast track. mitt romney and rick santorum both showed up at the daytona 500. >> i'll vote for you. >> thank you. i need that. >> upstate new york. >> all right, we need your help. >> reporter: romney in person, in nascar red. santorum's red and blue logo on the number 26 race car, which romney sized up. it was a sporting moment in an increasingly heated campaign, with fiery barbs flying in both directions in recent days and toward president obama. >> this president appeases.

current south african president jacob zuma said mandela's hospital visit was planned for a longstanding issue. he also said doctors consider mandela's condition satisfactory, given his age. mandela spent 27 years in prison for fighting racist white rule. the nobel peace prize recipient became south africa's first black president in 1994 and served one 5-year term. >> well, we wish him well. president obama's wife, michelle obama, visited with him in the past, not this recent illness, but we wish him well. i was in south africa this summer, visited his prison cell. >> you have extraordinary video from that. i remember. >> amazing. >> we wish him well. >> that you shot on your ipad. >> right on the ipad, exactly. >> how far we've come. >> yeah, no doubt. >>> okay, so, talking about the weather today. >> yes. >> definitely going to be cold, but you said, you know, maybe we're in for maybe a rebound or something? >> i think you're going to like -- i think you're going to like today. wait until we go through all the details first, but so far, i am optimistic that you're going to optimistic t