Former South African President Nelson Mandela was in stable condition after being hospitalized in Johannesburg Saturday with a stomach ailment, UPI quoted the BBC as saying. Sources told the British broadcaster Mandela, 93, is talking and is likely to leave the hospital Sunday. CNN reported President Jacob Zuma said in a statement Mandela "has had a longstanding abdominal complaint and doctors feel it needs proper specialist medical attention. We wish him a speedy recovery and assure him of the love and good wishes of all South Africans and people throughout the world." Mandela last appeared in public during the closing ceremonies of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The South African anti-apartheid leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate spent 27 years in prison after being convicted of sabotage and attempts to overthrow the government under the apartheid regime. He was released in 1990 and became the country's first black president in 1994. Mandela was hospitalized last year for an acute respiratory infection and continued receiving treatment at home after leaving the hospital. He had moved to his childhood hometown of Qunu last year but returned to live in his Johannesburg home this year.
