(Nelson Mandela/ Wiki Commons)

Mandela was hospitalized for 10 days and will continue to receive treatment at his Johannesburg home. 

"(He) has been discharged from hospital today ... following a sustained and gradual improvement in his general condition," Reuters reported that the South African presidency said in a statement.

Mandela’s respiratory health problems first developed when he caught tuberculosis as a political prisoner. He was held prisoner for 27 years on Robben Island and other jails for attempting to over throw South Africa’s all white-minority government. 

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