Former South African president Nelson Mandela is recovering in a hospital in Johannesburg in a collapsed lung, according to a source close to the former president quoted by the newspaper The Star, Mail & Guardian in its website. The source said that the landmark anti-apartheid leader is recovering and could be discharged on Friday.
The former president was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital on Wednesday for what his foundation described as routine tests. The current South African president, who is at the World Economic Forum in Davos, said he did not shorten his visit in Switzerland but will be kept abreast of developments in the health of the Nobel Peace Prize 1993.
President Zuma wants''former President Mandela a speedy recovery and asked that the family be granted space to support the privacy and dignity,''said presidential spokesman Zizi Kodwo in a statement released in Pretoria and captured in this capital . This morning, Winnie Madikezela-Mandela, Mandela's former wife, accompanied by his eldest son Mandla, she visited her former husband in the Milpark hospital, which he left in tears and without making any statements about the health of the patient.
Earlier, Mandela's current wife, Graca Machel, and other family members and officials of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) also went to the hospital. According to The Star, Mandela was visited on Wednesday by Michael Plit, a specialist pulmonologist. However, the Mandela Foundation reported that the historic leader, aged 92 was admitted to Milpark hospital in Johannesburg for''routine checkups.
It is not in danger and have high morale.'' Mandela''feels fine and is in good hands with a good team of specialists,''he said South Africa's president in a statement issued in Pretoria. The hospital where Mandela was admitted to vehicles is covered by the protection unit and sniffer dogs. 
The former president was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital on Wednesday for what his foundation described as routine tests. The current South African president, who is at the World Economic Forum in Davos, said he did not shorten his visit in Switzerland but will be kept abreast of developments in the health of the Nobel Peace Prize 1993.
President Zuma wants''former President Mandela a speedy recovery and asked that the family be granted space to support the privacy and dignity,''said presidential spokesman Zizi Kodwo in a statement released in Pretoria and captured in this capital . This morning, Winnie Madikezela-Mandela, Mandela's former wife, accompanied by his eldest son Mandla, she visited her former husband in the Milpark hospital, which he left in tears and without making any statements about the health of the patient.
Earlier, Mandela's current wife, Graca Machel, and other family members and officials of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) also went to the hospital. According to The Star, Mandela was visited on Wednesday by Michael Plit, a specialist pulmonologist. However, the Mandela Foundation reported that the historic leader, aged 92 was admitted to Milpark hospital in Johannesburg for''routine checkups.
It is not in danger and have high morale.'' Mandela''feels fine and is in good hands with a good team of specialists,''he said South Africa's president in a statement issued in Pretoria. The hospital where Mandela was admitted to vehicles is covered by the protection unit and sniffer dogs.
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