Mandela doing 'very well' in hospital
From Kim Norgaard, CNN
December 10, 2012 -- Updated 1344 GMT (2144 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Hospitalized over the weekend, Nelson Mandela got a "good night's rest," government says
- Doctors are running tests on the 94-year-old
- Former South African president won the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting racial segregation
(CNN) -- Nelson Mandela, the global icon and former
South African leader, is doing "very, very well" and continues to be
treated at a Pretoria hospital, officials said Monday.
The 94-year-old got a "good night's rest," according to a statement on the
government's website.
Doctors are going to
perform more tests on Mandela, said Defense Minister Nosiviwe Noluthando
Mapisa-Nquakula, who spoke to journalists outside 1 Military Hospital
in Pretoria.
Nelson Mandela hospitalized
The office of President
Jacob Zuma noted online that Monday is a special day because Mandela
received the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, 1993, for his "selfless
contribution to the struggle for liberation, human rights and justice in
South Africa."
"The medical team is
assured of our support as they look after and ensure the comfort of our
beloved founding president of a free and democratic South Africa," Zuma
said over the weekend.
Mandela's medical issue is "consistent with his age," Zuma said.
Mandela spent 27 years in
prison as retribution for fighting racial segregation in South Africa.
He became president in 1994, four years after he was freed.