Nelson Mandela was
discharged on Saturday from the hospital where he had been undergoing treatment
for pneumonia, South Africa’s presidency said in a statement.
The decision to release the
94-year-old, anti-apartheid icon was taken “following a sustained and gradual
improvement in his general condition,” the statement said.
“The former President will
now receive home-based high care,” it added. “President [Jacob] Zuma thanks the
hard-working medical team and hospital staff for looking after Madiba so
efficiently."
The statement said Zuma also
extended “his gratitude to all South Africans and friends” of the country in
Africa and overseas.
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