Nelson Mandela is 'fine' after his critical lung illness
earlier this year, fellow ex-political prisoner Tokyo Sexwale says
ahead of the premiere of a film based on the South African icon's
autobiography.
'So all of you are wondering where is he. Madiba
says of his state of health 'I am not ill, I am just old',' Sexwale
told journalists on Saturday, using Mandela's clan name.
'So, he is fine, he is out of hospital, he is back at home, that much is known. But his spirit is with us.'
Mandela,
95, has been receiving intensive care for a respiratory illness at his
Johannesburg home since September 1 after spending 86 days in a
Pretoria hospital in a critical condition.
Sexwale, a former
government minister who like Mandela had been imprisoned by the
white-minority apartheid regime, was speaking ahead of the premiere of
Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, which is to hit South African cinemas on
November 28.
'It was very emotional to watch
it,' Mandela's 53-year-old daughter Zindzi said of the movie, refusing
to comment on her father's health.
Mandela spent 27 years in jail
for activism against the racist regime, and left his jail cell
preaching equality and forgiveness, winning him worldwide admiration as
a peace icon.
skynews
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