South African former President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from a hospital where he spent two nights.
Surgeon General Vejaynand Ramlakan said Mr Mandela, 92, was suffering from ailments that are common in people his age but was in good spirits.Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe - using Mr Mandela's clan name - said: "Madiba is well."
South Africa's liberation hero flew from Cape Town to Johannesburg on Wednesday for a check-up.
Friends and family visited him amid tight security at Milpark hospital on Thursday.
On Friday Mr Ramlakan said Mr Mandela had suffered a respiratory infection, but was responding well to treatment and would be receiving home-based care.
"To us he is stable, but will be subject to intense monitoring," he told reporters.
A convoy is now believed to be taking Mr Mandela to his home in the Johannesburg suburb of Houghton.
Correspondents say he has seemed increasingly frail since retiring from public life in 2004.
His last public appearance was at the football World Cup closing ceremony last July.
