Nelson Mandela
A large number of world leaders, including President Goodluck Jonathan, President Barack Obama of the United States and British Prime Minister David Cameroon are scheduled to attend the burial of South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela who died on Thursday. The anti- apartheid icon will be buried on December 15 in his village in Qunu, Eastern Cape, after a state funeral.
Also in a rare global honour, the flags of several countries in the world will fly at half mast beginning Friday, in honour of Mandela. President Jacob Zuma who announced the funeral plans for Mandela yesterday afternoon said the official memorial service for the departed icon would be held on December 10 at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg.
Mandela, who died after a long health struggle at the age of 95 will lie in state from December 11 to 13 at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, Zuma said, adding that the buildings are "where he served as the first president."
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