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Mandela shows "great improvement," says ex-wife.

"I'm not a doctor, but I can say that compared to how he was a few days ago, there's been a great improvement," said Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on Friday.

Mandela shows "great improvement," says ex-wife (Photo: Reuters Photographer / Reute)

JOHANNESBURG, 28 June (Reuters) Former South African President Nelson Mandela is showing "great improvement" in his health compared to recent days, his ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said on Friday.

"I'm not a doctor, but I can say that compared to how he was a few days ago, there's been a great improvement," she told reporters outside Mandela's former home in Soweto, Johannesburg.