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Many find closure after viewing Madiba lying in state

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Pretoria – For many of the people interviewed on the Southern Lawns of the Union Buildings on Friday, it was that moment when they filed passed the open coffin of former President Nelson Mandela that reality struck – he was no more.

Send-off ceremony for Mandela

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Pretoria – ANC senior officials will on Saturday have an opportunity to bid farewell to former President Nelson Mandela before the body is flown to Mthatha for the burial on Sunday.

Madiba makes his final public appearance

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Pretoria – Thousands of mourners, many dressed in South African and ANC colours, this morning lined the streets between 1 Military Hospital and the Union Buildings to ensure they witnessed the late former President Nelson Mandela’s cortege passing by.

Photograph is a fake

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Pretoria - The Department of State Security has confirmed that the photograph of President Nelson Mandela, purported to be of him lying in his casket at the Union Buildings, is a f

Three sign language interpreters assigned to official memorial

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Johannesburg – Deputy Minister for Women, Children and People with Disability, Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu, says there were three sign language interpreters at the official memorial service for the late former President Nelson Mandela on Tuesday.

Tourists rush to Mandela Museum

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Qunu – There has been an increase in the number of local and foreign tourists visiting the Nelson Mandela Museum in Qunu since the news broke last week of the former President’s death.

Qunu residents share their Madiba moment

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Qunu - When Mthobeli Jaji first met Nelson Mandela, it was when the late former president visited a local school in Qunu in 1998 and for Jaji, this was a historic moment that he cherished forever.

Mourners queue for hours to catch a glimpse of Madiba

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Pretoria – Tens of thousands of mourners are this afternoon still queuing at park-and-ride facilities in Tshwane to get on a bus that will take them to the Union Buildings where Tata Madiba is lying in state.

Brand SA lights Constitution Hill in honour of Madiba

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Pretoria - As part of national efforts to commemorate the life of South African icon and the first black President of a democratic state, Nelson Mandela, Brand South Africa on Wednesday lit up Constitution Hill in Johannesburg.

Zuma meets with Cuban leader

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has thanked Cuba for its support as the country mourns the loss of former President Nelson Mandela.

Mthatha Airport ready for flights

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Qunu – The Mthatha Airport will be able to receive any flight landing there for the funeral service of former President Nelson Mandela this coming weekend, Eastern Cape Premier Noxolo Kiviet said on Thursday.

Qunu ready for Mandela funeral

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Qunu – Despite the rain, workers have completed erecting the giant white marquee at former President Nelson Mandela’s family farm where the official funeral of the late statesman will take place.