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JOHANNESBURG (AFP) \u2013 Nelson Mandela has been admitted to a hospital for tests \u201cconsistent with his old age\u201d and is doing well, the office of South Africa\u2019s president announced Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cFormer President Nelson Mandela has today, 8 December 2012, been admitted in hospital in Pretoria to undergo tests,\u201d Jacob Zuma\u2019s office announced. He \u201cis doing well and there is no cause for alarm,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

\u201cMandela will receive medical attention from time to time which is consistent with his age,\u201d said the statement.<\/p>\n

Zuma himself wished Mandela the best, assuring his medical team of \u201cour support as they look after and ensure the comfort of our beloved founding President of a free and democratic South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n

But officials refused to say which hospital he was at, appealing for privacy.<\/p>\n

The revered statesman, who turned 94 in July, has not appeared in public since South Africa\u2019s Football World Cup final in 2010.<\/p>\n

Rumours of his failing health or even death flare up periodically, forcing the government to issue assurances that all is well.<\/p>\n

His last hospitalisation was in February when he spent a night in hospital for a minor exploratory procedure to investigate persistent abdominal pain.<\/p>\n

He was flown from his rural home village of Qunu to the capital Pretoria, around 900 kilometres (560 miles) away.<\/p>\n

Mandela, once a spry boxer who stayed fit during his 27 years in prison by doing calisthenics in his cell, has grown increasingly frail.<\/p>\n

In 1993, he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with the last white president, FW de Klerk.<\/p>\n

A year later, he crowned his long fight against white-minority rule by becoming the country\u2019s first black president with the end of apartheid. Mandela served as president until 1999, handing over to Thabo Mbeki.<\/p>\n

In January 2011, Mandela was admitted for a chest infection, sparking public panic and a media frenzy as the government and Mandela\u2019s charitable foundation refused to release information on his condition.<\/p>\n

Since last year, the revered statesman has been spending most of his time at his Qunu birth village, in the Eastern Cape province.<\/p>\n

Lately he has received visits from US Secretary if State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former US president Bill.<\/p>\n

President Zuma and his former wife, now the African Union chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.<\/p>\n

They have all reported that the revered leader is doing well and in good spirits.<\/p>\n

In May, a smiling Mandela made a television appearance when he received a symbolic flame to mark the ruling ANC\u2019s centenary at his home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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