PW discharged after 'check up'
2006-10-14 12:08
Johannesburg - Former state president PW Botha was discharged from the George Medi-Clinic on Saturday, after going in for a "routine check-up", said the hospital.
"The family has asked not to reveal the nature of the tests but all results were good," said hospital manager George Schutte.
Botha, 90, was admitted at 11.45 on Friday, stayed in hospital overnight and was said to be in high spirits when he left.
Botha was head of the government, first as prime minister then as state president, from 1978 to 1989, earning the nickname "the big crocodile".
He lives at his Wilderness home, Die Anker, with his second wife Barbara.
- SAPA