South Africa

Pretoria - Former President Nelson Mandela, who is lying in state at the Union Buildings, was described as a man who pursued the good of all people.

Qunu – Parts of the N2 that go past former President Nelson Mandela’s home in Qunu will be closed on Friday night.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pretoria - Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile says government is set to regulate language practitioners in 2014.

Pretoria – Government has advised members of the public that all three park-and-ride facilities in Tshwane, used to bus mourners to the Union Buildings, are at full capacity.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Pretoria – The park and ride facilities to the Union Buildings have reached their full capacity and are now closed for the day.