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| Nelson Mandela |
Nelson Mandela was
discharged from hospital on Wednesday night after undergoing nearly three weeks
of treatment for a lung infection and gallstones.
A spokesman for President Jacob Zuma
confirmed that Mr Mandela was transported to his home in
Johannesburg’s Houghton neighbourhood, where he will continue to recover under
the close watch of his personal doctors.
Mr Mandela, who is 94, was flown on December
8 from his rural residence in Qunu village to the capital Pretoria, where he
spent 19 days in hospital receiving treatment for a recurring lung infection.
Doctors also discovered that he had developed
gallstones and he had surgery to have them removed.
It was his longest hospital stay since coming
out of prison in 1990 after 27 years in detention.
South Africa’s first black president spent
Christmas Day in hospital, where he was visited by wife Graca Machel and
members of the Mandela family, along with Mr Zuma, who said he was “looking
much better” and “in good spirits”.
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