Anti-apartheid veteran recuperating at home after back surgery

06:39 - 29 April 2016

Former South African President Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Mandela (L) arrives at the First National Bank (FNB) Stadium, also known as Soccer City, ahead of the national memorial service for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg December 10, 2013.

Madikizela-Mandela, 79, went in for surgery in March and had a follow-up procedure earlier this month, but was discharged on Tuesday according to Nelson Mandela Foundation spokesman Neeran Naidoo.

South African anti-apartheid veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of the late Nelson Mandela, has been released from hospital after undergoing surgery on her back, a spokesperson said on Thursday.