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| Nelson Mandela discharged from South African hospital!

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Nelson Mandela discharged from South African hospital ~ BBC.

Nelson Mandela has left hospital and has gone to his Johannesburg home, where he is continuing to receive intensive care, the South African presidency says on its website.

The announcement came a day after officials denied reports that the 95-year-old had already been discharged.

The statement says Mr Mandela condition remains critical and at time unstable.

South Africa’s first democratically elected president has been in hospital since June with a lung infection.

“His team of doctors are convinced that he will receive the same level of intensive care at his Houghton home that he received in Pretoria [hospital],” the presidency statement says.

It says his home has been “reconfigured to allow him to receive intensive care there” and he will be treated by the same health care personnel as in hospital.

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Nelson Mandela discharged from South African hospital

A portrait of former South African President Nelson Mandela with get well messages outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where he has been treated in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013.
South Africans have been leaving message of support for Mr Mandela at hospital

Nelson Mandela has left hospital and has gone to his Johannesburg home, where he is continuing to receive intensive care, the South African presidency says on its website.

The announcement came a day after officials denied reports that the 95-year-old had already been discharged.

The statement says Mr Mandela condition remains critical and at time unstable.

South Africa’s first democratically elected president has been in hospital since June with a lung infection.

“His team of doctors are convinced that he will receive the same level of intensive care at his Houghton home that he received in Pretoria [hospital],” the presidency statement says.

It says his home has been “reconfigured to allow him to receive intensive care there” and he will be treated by the same health care personnel as in hospital.

If necessary, he will be readmitted to hospital, the statement says.

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| Nelson Mandela still hospitalised despite reports!

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Nelson Mandela Still Hospitalized Despite Reports ~

PRETORIA, South Africa, Aug. 31, 2013,

ROB NELSON via WORLD NEWS, abc,

South Africa awoke this morning to the unexpected and ultimately false news that iconic leader Nelson Mandela had been discharged from the hospital in Pretoria and returned to his home in a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg.

The news stunned the country and threw the international media into a frenzy, with a small army of media outlets scrambling to his home to confirm the news and perhaps catch a glimpse of the ailing 95-year-old Mandela, who has been hospitalized since June 8 for a lung infection.

However, the early morning reports turned out to be a false alarm and prompted South Africa President Jacob Zuma to issue a statement Saturday, denying the media reports and assuring the public Mandela is still hospitalized and responding well to treatment.

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A Mandela relative had apparently misunderstood her communication with one of Mandela’s doctors and erroneously believed he had been released.

The relative informed other family members, who, in turn, relayed the faulty information to the media.

In his Saturday statement, Zuma reiterated that Mandela’s condition sometimes becomes unstable but that he remains resilient and is being made comfortable.

Read: Nelson Mandela’s Illness Puts Spotlight on Palliative Care

There is still lingering confusion about when or if Mandela will be released, but his family has said in recent months he would prefer to die at home rather than in the hospital.

Because of the false news reports and increased speculation about a possible release, activity buzzed outside Mandela’s hospital in Pretoria, where international media have been camped out since he was admitted 85 days ago.

Several media outlets are now lined up outside of Mandela’s home in Johannesburg, where a few family members were spotted Saturday but nothing that suggested his arrival there is imminent.

Mandela: Father of Modern South Africa

Mandela, who turned 95 in July, remains an almost mythical figure in South Africa.

Read: South Africa Celebrates Nelson Mandela’s 95th Birthday

After his anti-apartheid efforts landed him in jail for 27 years, he was released in February 1990 and four years later was elected the country’s first black president and the first one elected by a full, non-racial democracy after the demise of apartheid.

He is widely considered the father of modern South Africa and one of the great towering political figures of the 20th century.

Nelson Mandela Turns 95: See the Photos

The admiration for Mandela is clear on the gates outside the hospital, which for several weeks have been adorned with posters, pictures and flowers in his honor.

The public fanfare that ensued shortly after Mandela went into the hospital earlier this summer has largely faded, with the country now in the midst of a long goodbye for its iconic leader.

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