MANDELA UNDERGONE MEDICAL CHECK UP

Issued by: Office of the President

PRESIDENT MANDELA HAS UNDERGONE MEDICAL CHECK - UP

President Nelson Mandela underwent a routine medical examination at the University of the Witwatersrand and Park Lane Clinic in Johannesburg this afternoon. The President was certified in good health.

The President's schedulewas unaffected. His next public engagement will be a dinner hosted by the Queen Margarette of Denmark at the State Theatre in Pretoria tonight, 22 February 1996.

Issued by the Office of the President

22 February 1996