Today is Nelson Mandela's Birthday! He is spending his 95th birthday in hospital in Pretoria, as events take place around the world and in South Africa in his honour.
South Africans are being urged to mark the former president 67 years of public service with 67 minutes of charitable acts.
Mr Mandela, who is in critical but stable condition with a recurring lung infection, entered hospital on 8 June.
President Jacob Zuma said his health was "steadily improving". "We are proud to call this international icon our own as South Africans and wish him good health," said Mr Zuma in a statement.
"We thank all our people for supporting Madiba throughout the hospitalization with undying love and compassion," he said, referring to Mr Mandela by his clan name.
"We thank all our people for supporting Madiba throughout the hospitalization with undying love and compassion," he said, referring to Mr Mandela by his clan name.
Mr Mandela's daughter, Zindzi, said he was making "remarkable progress", and that she had found him watching television with headphones on and communicating with his eyes and hands when she visited him this week.
"We look forward to having him back at home soon," the South African Press Association quoted her as saying.
Mr Mandela's birthday is also Nelson Mandela International Day, a day declared by the UN as a way to recognize the Nobel Prize winner's contribution to reconciliation.
The former statesman is revered across the world for his role in ending apartheid in South Africa. He went on to become the first black president in the country's first multi-racial elections in 1994.
Happy Birthday Madiba!
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