Mandela leaves hospital

examination at a Pretoria hospital,” said presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj in an emailed statement.
“The doctors have completed the tests. He is well and as before, his health remains under the management of the medical team,” said Maharaj.
Mandela had been admitted Saturday for “a scheduled medical check-up to manage the existing conditions in line with his age”, less than three months after being treated for a lung infection and gallstones.
News of his latest hospitalisation sparked concern the 94-year-old had fallen ill again.
Authorities did not divulge at which Pretoria hospital he was staying.
Earlier the country’s ruling ANC said Mandela was “in capable and competent hands,” according to spokesman Jackson Mthembu.
The party echoed the presidency’s words “that this is a routine check-up and therefore should not raise alarm.”
“The African National Congress wishes Madiba well,” said Mthembu, using the clan name by which the icon is affectionately known.
Mandela underwent treatment for a recurrent lung infection and surgery to extract gallstones over Christmas, during his longest stint in hospital since his release from prison in 1990.
He was discharged the day after Christmas and was last known to be convalescing at his Johannesburg home.
President Jacob Zuma’s office said in January he had “recovered” from the infection and surgery.
A month later Zuma found Mandela “comfortable and relaxed” and watching television during a visit to his house. The revered statesman has not appeared in public since South Africa’s Football World Cup final in 2010, six years after retiring.
Rumours of his failing health or even death flare up periodically, forcing the government to issue assurances that all is well.
The presidency is the only authority to speak on Mandela’s health. —AFP.