Nelson Mandela

Former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela has remained in hospital for a third day with a lung infection and his condition was "serious but stable", unchanged from the weekend, the government said.

South Africans prayed for Nelson Mandela's recovery as the 94-year-old former president spent a second day in hospital with a recurring lung infection.

Former South African president Nelson Mandela was in a "serious but stable" condition after being taken to hospital today with a recurring lung infection, the government said in a statement.

Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela has made his first television appearance in almost a year, looking thin and frail in his Johannesburg home where he has been resting after a bout of pneumonia.

The condition of South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela has improved further, the government said on Sunday, as the 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero spent a fourth day in hospital receiving treatment for pneumonia.

Former South African president Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital on Saturday for a "routine test", his second period of hospital treatment in less than three months, the government said.

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 says.

Nelson Mandela has one final memory of his great-granddaughter to cherish - how she got three kisses from World Cup star Cristiano Ronaldo.

For the first time since the World Cup began, South Africa's beloved Nelson Mandela appeared in public yesterday.