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Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital, ending a nearly three-week stay during which he was treated for a lung infection and had surgery to remove gallstones, the government said on Wednesday.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela continues to respond to treatment more than two weeks after being taken to hospital in Pretoria and will remain there for Christmas Day, the presidency said on Monday.

Nelson Mandela, South Africa's 94-year-old former president, is "looking much better" after being treated for a lung infection and gallstones, but will remain in hospital for the time being, the government said on Tuesday.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is continuing to recover from a lung infection that has put the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader in hospital for the last five days, the government said on Wednesday.

South Africa's former leader Nelson Mandela is in hospital for tests, but the president's office says there is no cause for alarm.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been hospitalized with a stomach ailment, according to a government statement issued Saturday about the 93-year-old anti-apartheid icon.

South African officials reiterated calls for calm over the hospitalization of Nelson Mandela, urging citizens not to panic as the former president "suffers from ailment common to people of his age."

Two men held grandchildren of Nelson Mandela at gunpoint in an attempted robbery after they returned from a birthday celebration for the former South African president, police said on Thursday.

A great-grandchild of former South African President Nelson Mandela died early Friday morning while returning from the World Cup soccer tournament's kick-off concert, officials with the Mandela foundation said.

South Africans on Thursday celebrated the steps that sounded apartheid's death knell 20 years ago: Nelson Mandela walking to freedom after 27 years in prison.