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Nairobi, 9 Dec (EFE).-the former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela is”calm and well served”at a hospital in Pretoria, after having spent a night admitted subjecting him to a few controls routine.

in a brief press release, the Presidency of South Africa reported that the maximum representative of the African country, Jacob Zuma, today visited Madiba (Mandela clan in xhosa language name and with which it is known popularly) and”found him quiet and well served”.

yesterday, the spokesman for the South African Presidency, Mac Maharaj, explained that Mandela had been hospitalized in Pretoria” to subject you to a few analysis”routine.

the text signed by Maharaj, former prison mate of the icon of the struggle against the South African segregationist regime, said that”Madiba is well”and that”there is no reason to be alarmed”.

“Former President Mandela (who last July 18 turned 94 years old) receive medical care from time to time, which is normal at his age”, said Maharaj.

” the President (of South Africa, Jacob) Zuma, assures everyone that Madiba is okay and there is no reason for alarm. medical equipment has all our support while caring for and ensure the comfort of our beloved founding President of a free and democratic South Africa “, added the document.

South African press today reproduced innumerable messages of encouragement and speedy recovery to Mandela by his countrymen, who regard him as”a source of inspiration”.

Mandela, the first Black President of South Africa, for 67 years fought the regime of racial segregation of”apartheid”, imposed by the South African white minority until his election as President in 1994, a dedication that earned him, in 1993, the Premio Nobel de la Paz.

is de derde keer dat Mandela gehospitaliseerd in de afgelopen twee jaar, hoewel er onder permanente medisch toezicht in zijn woonplaats in Qunu. EFE