Friday, December 6, 2013

South Africa: Week of mourning declared over the passing of Nelson Mandela

Former South African President Nelson Mandela. PHOTO/Walter Dhladhla/AFP/Getty Images

South African President Jacob Zuma has declared a week of mourning across South Africa for Nelson Mandela that will include several services, ending with burial in the anti-apartheid icon's ancestral home of the small rural village of Qunu in the Eastern Cape on December 15.

A memorial service at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg will be held Tuesday.

Zuma said Mandela's body will lie in state at

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