In February 2011, Mandela was briefly hospitalised with a respiratory infection, attracting international attention, before being re-admitted for a lung infection and gallstone removal in December 2012
Mu mwezi wa  February 2011, Mandela adagonekedwa m'chipatala ndi matenda opuma, zomwe zidakopa chidwi cha mayiko, asanalowetsedwenso chifukwa cha matenda a m'mapapo ndi kuchotsa ndulu mu December chaka cha 2012