South Africa: Nelson Mandela condition improves

“We hear that the government tells us that he’s okay, that he’s still undergoing treatment for his lung condition, and as I say, we pray that God’s healing hand may be upon him,” Father Sebastian Russouw said during the service.

Mandela was in hospital briefly earlier in March for a check-up and spent nearly three weeks in hospital in December with a lung infection and after surgery to remove gallstones. He has a history of lung problems dating back to when he contracted tuberculosis as a political prisoner.

He spent 27 years in prison on Robben Island off South Africa’s Atlantic coast and other jails for his attempts to overthrow apartheid rule.

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