Nelson Mandela is restored, said the South African government africain

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela was hospitalized on December 8 for a chest infection and gallstones is restored, the government announced Sunday sud-africain.

The hero of the anti-apartheid struggle, 94 years old, has spent nearly three weeks in the hospital in Pretoria where he was removed gallstones and is currently the subject of home care in her home in Houghton , in the suburb of Johannesbourg.

"President Mandela has made steady progress and clinically, it continues to improve," said the South African presidency in communiqué.

Nelson Mandela has recovered from the surgical procedure and pulmonary infection, said the president, citing the team of doctors who soigné.

Nelson Mandela, who spent 18 of his 27 years in prison on Robben Island, off Cape Town, in 1994 became the first black president of the country after the abolition of apartheid and the holding of free elections .

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longstanding pulmonary problems resulting from tuberculosis contracted during his détention.

Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, "Madiba" retired from political life in 1999.

Jon Herskovitz

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