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Mandela Recovering 'Very Well'

   VOA News  February 03, 2011
   Former  South  African  President  Nelson  Mandela is wheeled out on a
   stretcher,  as he leaves the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg, January
   28, 2011

Photo: AP

   Former  South  African  President  Nelson  Mandela is wheeled out on a
   stretcher,  as he leaves the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg, January
   28, 2011

   South  Africa's  government  says  former  president Nelson Mandela is
   doing well in his recovery from a respiratory infection.
   Minister  for  the  presidency  Collins Chabane said Thursday that Mr.
   Mandela is responding to treatment for the condition.
   The  92-year-old  anti-apartheid icon spent two days in a Johannesburg
   hospital  last  week.   He  was  released  last  Friday and has since
   received care at his home.
   Chabane  told reporters in Pretoria that Mr. Mandela continues to have
   doctors around him "all the time."
   The  minister  thanked  those  who  are  praying for the ailing former
   president and who have sent messages of support to his family.
   Mr.  Mandela has grown frail in recent years and makes only occasional
   public  appearances,  most  recently at the championship for the World
   Cup in July.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP.

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