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Mourning Mandela: the people queue to bid farewell their way
In searing heat, without water or shade – South Africans have been waiting in their thousands for their last chance to say goodbye to Nelson Mandela.
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As David Moyes licks his wounds, a victim of his predecessor’s success, Channel 4 News would like him to take heart – there are many who have been forced to live in the shadow of “giants”.
Nelson Mandela is buried in his hometown of Qunu, following a funeral service attended by 4,500 people, at which he was praised for teaching the world the lessons of forgiveness and reconciliation.
The sign language interpreter who sparked outrage in the deaf community says he suffered a kind of schizophrenic episode during the Mandela memorial, while the ANC confirms they have hired him before.
As Channel 4 News documents #TheRoadToQunu, travelling across South Africa as the country says goodbye to Nelson Mandela, Inigo Gilmore reports on the people he encounters.
In searing heat, without water or shade – South Africans have been waiting in their thousands for their last chance to say goodbye to Nelson Mandela.
The international sign language community is demanding an apology from the South African government for the “fake” interpreter on stage during the memorial service for Nelson Mandela.
Barack Obama praises Nelson Mandela as “the last great liberator of the 20th century”, and Jacob Zuma is booed, at the former South African president’s memorial service in Johannesburg.
With preparations for Nelson Mandela’s memorial service underway, Mac Maharaj, former fellow prisoner and President Zuma’s spokesman, talks about the arrangements and what Madiba might have said.
Twenty-four hours on the ground here in South Africa tells me one exceptional thing.
Across the world, international leaders from the fields of politics, civil rights and religion say words of praise and thanks to mark the passing of Nelson Mandela.
Nelson Mandela’s funeral will be held on Sunday 15 December – His body will lie in state for three days from Wedneday 11 December – Service of national mourning on Tuesday 10 December.
Nelson Mandela’s health is gradually improving, South African President Jacob Zuma says, in the first government update on his health in two weeks.
Former South African president Nelson Mandela, who has been critically ill in hospital for five weeks, turns 95 on Thursday.
Like Phil, the hard-bitten weatherman in the film Groundhog Day, Jonathan Miller finds himself reliving events as journalists gather day after day at the clinic where Nelson Mandela lies, critically ill.
As Nelson Mandela begins his fourth week in hospital, the deepening sense of disillusionment with the ruling ANC party is coming to the fore.