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
South Africa's revered former president Nelson Mandela was Thursday described as "very sick" but his condition was "not life-threatening." The news that Madiba -- the clan name by which the 92-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner and country's first elected black leader is affectionately known -- was to spend a second night in hospital has gripped the nation. The public has grown increasingly concerned
