NELSON Mandela has made a remarkable recovery and may even be going home soon, it was claimed yesterday.
Former South African president Thabo Mbeki said he expected the anti-apartheid hero to be discharged shortly after more than five weeks in a Pretoria hospital with a recurring lung infection.
It is an amazing turnaround from a fortnight ago when family and friends feared the 94-year-old was close to death.
Grandson Ndaba Mandela, 30, told The Sun that Mr Mandela was doing well despite still being on a life-support machine.
He said: “He has the heart of a man ten years younger.” Mbeki, who says he knows Mr Mandela’s doctors, told a memorial service at the weekend that he was expecting them to allow the country’s first black president home to recuperate.
The last official update last week said he was critical but stable and was responding to treatment.
Mr Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison, celebrates his 95th birthday on Thursday.
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