World | Nelson Mandela Mandela Released From Hospital 94-year-old was treated for pneumonia By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Apr 6, 2013 8:27 AM CDT Copied Former South African President Nelson Mandela celebrates his 94th birthday with family in Qunu, South Africa, last year. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File) Nelson Mandela is out of the hospital after being treated for pneumonia. A statement from the office of President Jacob Zuma says the 94-year-old Mandela was discharged today after a "sustained and gradual improvement in his general condition" and will receive care at his home. The former South African president was admitted to a hospital in the South African capital of Pretoria on March 27, his third trip to a hospital since December. Read These Next 11 people hurt in a "brutal act of violence" in Michigan. We knew Letterman would pipe up about Colbert eventually. A parent's nightmare, in a white cardboard box. The humans survived this flight; the deer on the ground didn't. Report an error