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Sun May 20 05:24:48 SAST 2012

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Media gather outside Pretoria hospital

Sapa | 25 February, 2012 12:47
Former President Nelson Mandela smiles at home in Houghton, after casting his vote, in this May 16, 2011 file photo.
Image by: HANDOUT / REUTERS

A handful of photographers and journalists were milling around outside One Military hospital in Pretoria following news that former president Nelson Mandela had been hospitalised.

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A photographer was taken into custody by military police after taking a picture of the military hospital.

The Presidency has declined to name the hospital where he was admitted to on Saturday with a stomach ailment.

Spokesman Mac Maharaj said: "President Jacob Zuma wishes to advise that... Mandela was admitted to hospital today, 25 February 2012.

"Madiba has had a long-standing abdominal complaint and doctors feel it needs proper specialist medical attention."

There was no sign of any additional security officials being deployed outside the military hospital in Pretoria.

The former president has in the past been treated by a team of doctors, including Zola Dabula, the head of clinical services in the SA National Defence Force.

Last year, Mandela suffered from a respiratory infection and was treated at Milpark hospital in Johannesburg.

Outside his Houghton, Johannesburg, home there was a single police van was parked outside.

Journalists were waiting outside the house for any news regarding the former president's health.

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