South Africa

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.

Pretoria - Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality has organised 20 buses to ferry residents at no cost to view President Nelson Mandela’s remains lying in state at the Union Buildings on Friday, December 13.

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.

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.

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.

Pretoria - The City of Tshwane has appealed to members of the public, who are waiting to be transported for the viewing of Madiba’s body at the Union Buildings, to remain patient.

The Tshwane Emergency Services would like to bring the following important information to the attention of the community in Tshwane as well as all visitors to Tshwane.

Pretoria – Young and old gathered in Pretoria on Wednesday to witness the cortege for late former President Nelson Mandela.

Tshwane Emergency Services information.

Pretoria – The public has been advised to use the park-and-ride system to get to the Union Buildings where the body of the late former President Nelson Mandela is lying in state.

Pretoria – The City of Johannesburg has thanked its residents for their patience during the road closures and disruptions during Tuesday’s National Memorial Service for the late former President Nelson Mandela.

Pretoria - As military helicopters hovered over former President Nelson Mandela’s hearse as it was being accompanied by a procession from One Military Hospital to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, residents who had lined up to form a guard of honour had mixed emotions about the event.

Pretoria- The late former President Nelson Mandela’s body has returned to the Union Buildings where he was sworn in as the country’s first democratically elected president almost 20 years ago.

Pretoria – Government has urged the residents of Tshwane and motorists to take note of the road closures that will be in place in the city from Wednesday to Friday between 5am and 9am.

Pretoria – A sombre mood has been cast over South Africa this morning as South Africans begin lining the route where former President Nelson Mandela’s body will proceed from 1 Military Hospital towards the Union Buildings.