(CNN) -- South African President Jacob Zuma urged his countrymen Monday to keep the ailing Nelson Mandela in their prayers.
"He remains an important symbol of our struggle for liberation and of the successful transition from apartheid colonialism to a non-racial and democratic society," Zuma said in a New Year message to the nation.
"We should continue to keep the Mandela family in our thoughts and prayers until Tata has fully recovered."
Mandela is sometimes affectionately known as 'Tata,' or father in the Xhosa language.
Last week, Mandela was discharged from a hospital and will continue receiving treatment at his home in Houghton, a Zuma spokesman said at the time.
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