South Africa

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 – 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.

Pretoria – Government, together with the Mandela family, will not be releasing an official photograph of the late former President Nelson Mandela.

Pretoria – “He is the man who changed our lives,” 56-year-old Agnes Maseloa said on Thursday.

Pretoria - Salutes and tears formed part of the gestures made by South Africans as they passed the body of former President Nelson Mandela while he lies in state at the Union Buildings.

Pretoria - Members of the public have started filing past the body of former President Nelson Mandela, whose remains are lying in state at the Union Buildings in the country’s capital.

Pretoria – The Fountains Valley park-and-ride facility has been reopened and members of the public who wish to view the late former President Nelson Mandela’s body at the Union Buildings can make use of it.

Pretoria – Authorities are this morning closing various roads around Qunu in the Eastern Cape, where the late former President Nelson Mandela’s body will be buried on Sunday.

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.