曼德拉是南非反种族隔离斗士，曾在南非罗本岛监狱服刑27年。1993年，他和南非种族隔离政权的最后一名总统德克勒克共获诺贝尔和平奖。1994年，曼德拉当选南非第一位黑人总统，5年后卸任。近几年远离公众视线，上一次公开露面是2010年7月在南非足球世界杯决赛阶段闭幕式上。
Former President Nelson Mandela was discharged from hospital on Wednesday evening afterstaying there almost three weeks, the Presidency said.
Mandela "will undergo home-based high care at his Houghton home until he recovers fully," Presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj said.
"We thank the public and the media for the good wishes and for affording Madiba and the familythe necessary privacy.
"We request a continuation of the privacy consideration in order to allow for the best possibleconditions for full recovery, " Maharaj added.
Mandela, 94, was admitted into a Pretoria hospital on Dec. 8 for a lung infection and gallstones. He underwent a successful surgery to have the gallstones removed after doctors attended to hislung infection.
This was Mandela's longest hospital stay since 2001 when he underwent seven weeks ofradiotherapy after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
The anti-apartheid hero spent Christmas Day on Tuesday with his wife Graca and other familymembers along with President Jacob Zuma.
Mandela "looks much better" and "is in good spirits", Zuma said after the visiting Mandela inhospital, adding that the doctors at the hospital were happy with the progress that Mandela wasmaking.
The whole country has been praying for Mandela's speedy recovery.
Mandela served as South African president from 1994 to 1999. He had spent 27 years in prisonbefore elected the first black president in the country after the end of apartheid.
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