JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela, the 94-year-old former South African president and Nobel Peace laureate hospitalised with a lung infection, has successfully undergone a procedure to have gallstones removed, the government said yesterday.
Report by Reuters
“The former president underwent a procedure via endoscopy to have gallstones removed.
“The procedure was successful and Madiba is recovering,” President Jacob Zuma’s office said in a statement, using Mandela’s clan name.