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SA lines up to see Madiba

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Pretoria - South Africans have come out in their tens of thousands to queue at the Fountains Valley park- and-ride facility in Pretoria in the hope of getting a chance to view the late former President Nelson Mandela’s body.

Over 11 000 SANDF personnel employed for funeral

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma on Thursday informed Parliament that he had authorised the employment of 11 894 members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) for Madiba's funeral.

More S Africans still flocking to see Madiba

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Pretoria - Hundreds of public servants, diplomats and VIPs are standing in long, winding queues at the Rietondale park and ride facility to get a last glimpse of former President Nelson Mandela’s body at the Union Buildings.

Xhosa traditions to accompany Mandela’s funeral

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Qunu – The abaThembu clan in Qunu, in the Eastern Cape, is preparing to receive the late former President Nelson Mandela’s remains where Xhosa rites will be performed on his body on arrival at Mthatha airport on Saturday.

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.