Nelson Mandela

Watch an extended online edition of Channel 4 News at midday covering the loss of the former South African president and anti-apartheid revolutionary, Nelson Mandela, who has died at the age of 95.

Anti-apartheid mediator Michael Young tells Channel 4 News that the Queen asked Margaret Thatcher to “turn down the mood music” on Nelson Mandela.

Channel 4 News visits Nelson Mandela’s statue in Parliament Square, Central London , to speak to people paying their respects, and hear what impact Madiba had on their lives.

Nelson Mandela was defined by his struggle against Apartheid, a cause he said he was willing to give his life for. Lindey Hilsum reports now on a life and a legacy which will never be forgotten.

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.

“The time for the healing of the wounds has begun.” There was to be no revenge, no retribution. Instead Mandela showed the world another way to truth and justice: forgiveness.

Boris Johnson tells Michael Crick the Tories got it “completely wrong” on Mandela in the 1980s, when Margaret Thatcher called the ANC a terrorist group.

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.

White South Africans once saw Nelson Mandela as the head of a terrorist sect bent on destroying their comfortable lives. Channel 4 News looks at the journey Mandela and his country have taken.

Michael Crick speaks to members of South African community in Trafalgar Square, Central London, the home of anti-apartheid rallies for three decades from 1960.

Pictures of Mandela’s imprisonment were quickly suppressed, but now offer an extraordinary insight into his years of incarceration.

Nelson Mandelas greatest gift to South Africa was the way he stepped aside, says International Editor Lindsey Hilsum. But she warns that his legacy does not solve the problems of South Africa today.

At 23.45 South African time on Friday 5 December, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma took to the airwaves to announce the death of Nelson Mandela.

Barack Obama pays tribute to Nelson Mandela: “A man who took history in his hands – may God bless his memory and keep him in peace. He no longer belongs to us; he belongs to the ages.”