Mandela discharged from hospital

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s president says Nelson Mandela has been discharged from the hospital in the capital, Pretoria.

President Jacob Zuma said in a statement yesterday that former President Mandela remains in critical condition and was sent to his Johannesburg home early yesterday, where he would continue to get intensive care.

Mandela’s condition sometimes is unstable, the statement said.

The anti-apartheid leader had been hospitalized since June 8 for what the government has described as a recurring lung infection.