Mandela: I've beaten cancer
Nelson Mandela says treatment for his prostate cancer has worked and he's now clear of the disease.
He was diagnosed as having "microscopic" cancer after a check-up last year. He underwent radiation treatment.
He told an audience at the Nelson Mandela Health Award ceremony in Cape Town doctors say his "blood is clean of cancer".
Mandela, 83, added it was a pity that his wife Graca was overseas at the time he got the news, or he would have asked her to dance, according to reports.
When he announced he had the disease, he said: "I want to make it clear that I am going to be on top of this little development ."
