Mandela leaves hospital: S.African presidency

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was Sunday discharged from hospital where he has been treated since June 8 for a recurring respiratory illness, the presidency said.

"Former President Nelson Mandela has this morning, 1 September 2013, been discharged from the Pretoria hospital where he has been receiving treatment," said a statement.

It is said his condition "remains critical and is at times unstable." (AFP)