S.Africa government denies Mandela discharged

South Africa’s
presidency on Saturday denied reports that
Nelson Mandela had been discharged from
hospital and had returned to his
Johannesburg home.
Mac Maharaj said he had received no word
from doctors about Mandela being released,
as reported by the BBC and Britain’s Sky
television.
“I have not been told that,” he told AFP. “I
don’t think that is true.”
“Madiba is still in hospital in Pretoria and
remains in a critical but stable condition,”
Maharaj later said in a statement.
During Mandela’s more than 80-day time in
hospital, the presidency through Maharaj
has been the official source of information
about the anti-apartheid icon’s condition.
The 95-year-old has been in hospital since
June 8 and for most of that period has been
in critical condition.