Pretoria – The City of Tshwane has announced that it will set up seven public viewing areas where members of the public will be able to gather and celebrate the life of the late former President Nelson Mandela.
As South Africa prepares for a life without its revered leader and former President Nelson Mandela, his family has urged the world to keep the late statesman’s dream alive.
Authorities have urged people wishing to attend the memorial service of the late former President Nelson Mandela, in Johannesburg, to use public transport, as no private cars will be allowed in the vicinity of the FNB stadium.
Pretoria – South Africa will from today see the arrival of various Heads of State and Government and a broad range of eminent persons, including royalty, to its shores.
Statement by Minister Collins Chabane on behalf of the Inter-Ministerial Committee for the State Funeral
Pretoria – Minister in The Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Collins Chabane, has given the media an update on further preparations for the State Funeral for former President Nelson Mandela.
Johannesburg - A life well spent and one that is worth celebrating rang as the theme of the day at a prayer service to honour the late former President Nelson Mandela.
Johannesburg - The son of anti-apartheid activists Oliver and Adelaide Tambo, Dali Tambo, says he already misses former President Nelson Mandela, who passed away at 95 years of age at his Houghton home in Johannesburg on Thursday, 5 December.
Cape Town – Despite his passing, South Africa would live on without Madiba, as he was more than an individual soul but rather the exposition of the African spirit of generosity, the dean of St George’s Cathedral Michael Weeder said today during a service to commemorate Nelson Mandela.
Pretoria – Peace, forgiveness, caring, justice and equality for all – these are the values that President Jacob Zuma says South Africans should hold on to from from former President Nelson Mandela’s teachings.
Johannesburg - Songs of worship across various religions rang out at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory as South Africans came out in their numbers to hold prayers and to reflect on the life of former President Nelson Mandela.
Soweto - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says the country needs to build on the foundations Madiba laid.
The global avalanche of tributes and the outpouring of grief and sorrow since Nelson Mandela’s passing on Thursday have shown us what our icon meant to the world. The world may have lost an inspirational leader, but we are saying goodbye to the “father of the nation”.
Pretoria – Government has reiterated the call for faith-based organisations and society at large to hold prayer services across the country on Sunday, to reflect on and celebrate the life of former President Nelson Mandela.
Pretoria – In celebrating the life of late former President Nelson Mandela, Senior Pastor at Touch the Nations Ministries, Dr Ben Kleynhans, has urged the nation to carry on with his spirit of forgiveness.
