Nelson Mandela discharged from Hospital.

Nelson Mandela.

Former South African President and "Icon of African Democracy" Nelson Mandela has been discharged from a Pretoria Hospital where he has been admitted for more than two months. 


Mandela was admitted in June with a lung infection that left him difficulties in breathing. This led to his getting put on life support.

South Africa's first democratically elected president will now be observed from his Johannesburg home and further treatment administered from there.

A state statement said Mr Mandela's condition remains critical and at time unstable.

"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,"stated the statement.