In June 2004, aged 85 and amid failing health, Mandela announced that he was "retiring from retirement" and retreating from public life, remarking, "Don't call me, I will call you."
Mu June 2004, wazaka makumi asanu ndiatatu kudzanso asanu ndipo ali ndi thanzi labwino kwambiri, Mandela adalengeza kuti anali wopuma pantchito 'ndikuyenda kuchokera ku moyo wa anthu, ndikukutchula, ndidzakuimbirani