Former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated for a recurring lung infection.<br/> <br />The 94-year-old was hospitalised four days ago for tests, and is responding to treatment, according to the government.<br/> <br />The anti-apartheid leader's health in recent years has made front page news.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) LOCAL RESIDENT, MOSES MASEMONA SAYING:<br/> <br />"I think all the people of South Africa, they like Mandela, and all of them they wish him to recover very fast in his health."<br/> <br />Mandela, a global symbol of resistance to racism and injustice, was flown from his home in the rural Eastern Cape province and admitted to the Pretoria Military Hospital on Saturday.
