Former president FW de Klerk was discharged from hospital on Monday morning following surgery to remove a malignant colon tumour and subsequent respiratory complications.
With the aid of a cane, he walked out of the Panorama Medi-Clinic to a waiting car. De Klerk told journalists he was going to rest for a bit and then start working again.
”I’ve been surrounded by love,” he said.
De Klerk had undergone surgery at the clinic to remove the tumour, which was later found to be cancerous, from his colon. His condition then deteriorated because of respiratory complications and he was put on a ventilator.
This inflammatory condition is occasionally seen after large invasive surgery, the hospital said at the time.
De Klerk was the last president of apartheid South Africa before handing over to Nelson Mandela in 1994. The two were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 — Sapa