South African president says Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment at his home
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The South African president says former leader Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment at his home, where a team of doctors is caring for him.
Authorities have previously described Mandela's condition as critical. The 95-year-old former president and leader of the anti-apartheid movement was discharged from a hospital on Sept. 1, nearly three months after he was admitted for a recurring lung infection.
The South African Press Association quotes President Jacob Zuma as saying in a speech released Wednesday that Mandela continues to respond to treatment. The speech was prepared for delivery at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
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Mandela spent 27 years in prison during white minority rule. He led South Africa through a delicate transition to all-race elections that propelled him to the presidency in 1994.