South Africa confirms Mandela's recovery

The South African government released an official statement confirming former President Nelson Mandela's recovery from a lung infection and surgery. A Nobel Peace Prize winner and inspirational figure worldwide, Mandela, now 94, has been in frail health for several years.

By Jon Herskovitz,?Reuters / January 6, 2013

Former South African President, Nelson Mandela leaves the chapel after attending the funeral of his great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2010. South African officials have confirmed Mandela's recovery from a lung infection and having gallstones removed.

Siphiwe Sibeko/AP/File

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Former South African President?Nelson?Mandela?has recovered from a lung infection and surgery to remove gallstones that kept him in hospital for nearly three weeks, the government said on Sunday.

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Mandela, 94, who has been in frail health for several years, spent most of December in a?Pretoria hospital?- his longest stay for medical care since his release from prison in 1990.

He has been receiving treatment at his?Johannesburg?home after he left hospital on Dec. 26.

"President?Mandela?has made steady progress and clinically, he continues to improve," the?Office of the Presidency?said in a statement.

Mandela?had recovered from his surgical procedure and the lung infection, it said, citing his medical team. He has made steady progress and was slowly returning to his daily routine.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate?Mandela?has a history of lung problems dating back to when he contracted tuberculosis as a political prisoner. He spent 27 years in prison, including 18 years on the windswept Robben Island off?Cape Town.

He became?South Africa's first black president after the first all-race elections in 1994 brought an end to apartheid.

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