South Africa: Mandela discharged from the hospital

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African presidency says former President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from a hospital after an improvement in his condition.

A statement from the office of President Jacob Zuma says 94-year-old Mandela was discharged on Saturday and will now receive care at his home. Officials say he was treated for pneumonia.

Mandela was admitted to a hospital in the South African capital of Pretoria on the night of March 27. It was his third trip to a hospital since December.

In the statement, Zuma thanked the medical team and hospital staff that looked after Mandela.

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Cricket-New Zealand's Ryder discharged from hospital

April 3 (Reuters) - New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder has been released from a Christchurch hospital and returned to his home in Wellington after spending almost a week recovering from serious head injuries, local media reported on Wednesday.

Ryder, 28, was taken to hospital early last Thursday after two altercations outside a bar and fast food restaurant in Merivale, a suburb of Christchurch.

Two men have been charged with assault and are scheduled to appear in court on Thursday.

"He was thrilled to be back home, he just couldn't wait. It's been a hard week so he just wanted to get home," the New Zealand Herald quoted Ryder's manager Aaron Klee as saying.

"He's been doing well over the last couple of days so just needed to complete all the testing they wanted to do in hospital and then they were happy to let him go home.

"He's still very tired and still struggling energy-wise with the effects of the concussion, but he's obviously well enough to be discharged from hospital and travel home, it's great."

Ryder, one of New Zealand's most gifted batsmen, has been in a self-imposed exile from international cricket after a series of alcohol-related incidents. (Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; Editing by John Mehaffey)

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South Africa: Mandela discharged from hospital

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela left a hospital after "successful" medical tests and returned to his home in Johannesburg on Sunday, the spokesman for South Africa's president said.

The former president and anti-apartheid leader was admitted to a hospital in Pretoria, the capital, on Saturday.

"The doctors have completed the tests," presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement. "He is well and as before, his health remains under the management of the medical team."

Maharaj appealed to the public and media to respect the privacy of 94-year-old Mandela and his family.

The African National Congress, South Africa's ruling party, had earlier released a statement saying it believed Mandela was in "capable and competent hands."

Mandela, who has become increasingly frail in recent years, was hospitalized for nearly three weeks in December. At that time, he was treated for a lung infection and had a surgical procedure to remove gallstones.

Under South Africa's white-minority apartheid regime, Mandela spent 27 years in prison before he was released in 1990. He became the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 under the banner of the African National Congress. He served one five-year term before retiring.

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