Happy Birthday Madiba! South Africans celebrate Mandela's 95th
A man walks past a Mandela banner on the City Hall in Matosinhos, Portugal, on July 18.Paulo Duarte / AP
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By Ron Allen, Correspondent, NBC News
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – As South Africa marked Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday with a nationwide “day of service” on Thursday, the government announced that the anti-apartheid icon’s health was improving.
“Madiba remains in hospital in Pretoria but his doctors have confirmed that his health is steadily improving,” the government said in a statement, referring to Mandela by his clan name. Read full story