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Airports increase capacity ahead of Madiba funeral

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Pretoria - More staff at Johannesburg and Eastern Cape airports will be deployed in large numbers around the clock to ensure that mourners traveling to Qunu land with less turbulence.

Govt looking into use of sign language at memorial

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Pretoria – Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane says government is investigating allegations of the incorrect use of sign language at the National Memorial Service, at FNB Stadium, on Tuesday.

Women's Day of Prayer for Madiba

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Pretoria - The Gauteng Provincial Government will host an Interfaith Women’s Day of Prayer at Orlando Stadium, in Soweto tomorrow.

Memorial service a momentous occasion - Chabane

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Pretoria – Minister in the Presidency, Collins Chabane, has thanked those who gathered at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Tuesday for the massive National Memorial Service for the late former President Nelson Mandela.

Media urged to observe protocol in Qunu

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Pretoria – Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Collins Chabane, has urged members of the media to observe protocol regarding the funeral arrangements of former President Nelson Mandela.

Cut-off reached for mourners

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Pretoria – Members of the public have been advised that the cut-off has been reached for the number of people wishing to view the late former President Nelson Mandela’s body at the Union Buildings this afternoon.

Madiba lying in state for second day

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Pretoria – The body of the late former President Nelson Mandela has left 1 Military Hospital in Thaba Tshwane for the second day to Nelson Mandela Amphitheatre at the Union Buildings, for members of the public to view.

Reality sinks in as citizens bid their last farewell

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Pretoria – Although it has been almost a week since the passing of former President Nelson Mandela, for many South Africans, the reality that the beloved statesman is no more only sank in on Wednesday when they saw his remains at the Union Buildings.

Zuma honours Mandela

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Pretoria - Reconciliation, unity and peace are what Former President Nelson Mandela will be remembered for - values which need to be pursued, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.

Amphitheatre opened to the public

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Pretoria - The viewing of the late former Nelson Mandela’s mortal remains at the amphitheatre at the Union Buildings has been opened to the public.

Madiba lies in state

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Pretoria - The Mandela family, Government ministers and several Heads of State and Government from different countries across the world have been filing past the body of late former President Nelson Mandela, who is lying in state at Nelson Mandela Amphitheatre, at the Union Buildings.

Arts industry pays homage to Madiba

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Pretoria - The iconic Market Theatre in Newtown is hosting a memorial service today to pay homage to the late former President Nelson Madiba, 95, who died on December 5.