U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle arrive for a dinner hosted by South African counterpart Jacob Zuma.<br/> <br />Obama's visit has been largely overshadowed by concerns over the condition of Nelson Mandela.<br/> <br />Obama took the opportunity to pay another tribute to the former president revered as the father of the rainbow nation.<br/> <br />He quoted from William Ernest Henley's poem, 'Invictus', which Mandela said inspired him during his years in jail.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(English) U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SAYING:<br/> <br />"'It matters not how straight the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.' And so I propose a toast: to a man who has always been a master of his fate, who taught us that we could be the master of ours; to a proud nation and south Africa's unconquerable soul; and to President Zuma and Madam Zuma for their outstanding leadership in carrying on the great traditions of the South African struggle. Pula.
