Courtesy of The Root
South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela‘s weekend hospitalization sent shock waves throughout the world. The country’s national and international figures alike wished the 94-year-old a speedy recovery with a fervent optimism that one might reserve for a much younger, healthier man.
The anti-apartheid icon was admitted to a military hospital Saturday in Pretoria — where he remained overnight — for what officials described as “routine tests.” When President Jacob Zuma visited him Sunday morning, he said he found Mandela to be “comfortable, and in good care.”
