By Robert Nisbet, Europe Correspondent
Nelson Mandela's daughter has told Sky News he is making "remarkable progress" in hospital on the eve of his 95th birthday.
In an exclusive interview conducted in the home of the former South African president's second wife Winnie, Zindzi Mandela says he is communicating with his eyes and hand.
She revealed he is also watching television and using headphones to hear the sound.
"You can see he is there in his eyes, the same energy and strength," she said, and hopes he will be released "soon".
Mr Mandela was admitted to the MediClinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria five week ago, with a recurring lung infection.
Well-wishers look at messages of support for Mr Mandela at his hospital The government has maintained the Nobel Peace Prize winner remains in a "critical but stable" condition, despite claims in court documents from a legal team representing some of his family that his health was "perilous".
Ms Mandela, who is 52, was just three when her father was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Together with her older sister Zenani, she spent her young life being moved from school to school, as her mother Winnie was frequently arrested by the apartheid regime.
In her late teens she sought psychological help.
Asked if she was ever angry with her father, she said: "Yes, of course I was.
"This anger I'm talking about was directed towards him ... So many things that happened to us, all the trauma, the harassment, the brutality of the apartheid regime.
Padlocks honouring Mr Mandela have been placed on a fence in Durban "I felt very vulnerable. But as I say, in speaking about those moments with him and sharing, that has helped me to heal."
Mr Mandela is 95 on Thursday. His family will hold a birthday party at the Pretoria hospital ward and bring some of his favourite foods, including cuisine from Mozambique and biryani curries.
The family is also planning a special present for the former president on his birthday, which many relatives feared he might not see.
Zindzi Mandela said: "Naturally it's very difficult to come up with an ideal gift ... so normally we just do huge, huge picture frames of all the family events and members of the family.
"We've got another huge collage to give him tomorrow."
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