Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is a South African anti-apartheid
revolutionary and politician who served as President of South Africa
from 1994 to 1999
Born: July 18, 1918 (age 94), Mvezo, South Africa
Awards: Nobel Peace Prize, Time's Person of the Year
Education: University of South Africa (1943)
FORMER President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from
a hospital after an improvement in his condition, according to the
South African presidency.
A statement from the office
of President Jacob Zuma said 94-year-old Mandela was discharged today
and will now receive care at his home. Officials said he was treated for
pneumonia.
Mandela was admitted to a hospital in the
South African capital of Pretoria on the night of March 27. It was his
third trip to a hospital since December.
In the statement, Zuma thanked the medical team and hospital staff that looked after Mandela.
OBAMA says Nelson Mandela's willingness to risk his life for the cause
of equal rights helped inspire his own political activism.
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