South Africa's last apartheid head of state FW de Klerk has been hospitalised, his foundation said on Saturday.
"FW
de Klerk was hospitalised yesterday [Friday] at the Panorama
Hospital with a condition
known as pneumothorax - which is an abnormal
collection of air in the pleural space between the lung and the chest
wall," the foundation said in a statement.
"He underwent a
successful procedure this morning and it is expected that he will be
discharged from hospital some time next week."