The Former South African President has been admitted to the hospital but South African officials say that there should be no cause for panic. Nelson Mandela, who was the first person ever to be elected President in a fully representative South African nation has made many visits to hospitals over the years but has always been a fighter. Mandela once spent 27 years in South African prisons, a little time in the hospital wont kill him. Hit the jump for more. PaulDaPro