JOHANNESBURG - An ox will be slaughtered, the deceased will be wrapped in a leopard skin and a family elder will keep talking to the body's spirit. The state funeral for Nelson Mandela on Sunday will ...

South African president Jacob Zuma discussed additional ways mourners can pay tribute to anti-apartheid leader. By The Associated Press Nelson Mandela - H 2013 JOHANNESBURG — Flags were lowered to ...

The funeral has been held of South Africa's first black President Nelson Mandela, who died on 5 December aged 95. Mr Mandela has been hailed as "a giant of history" for his fight against apartheid.

QUNU, South Africa (AP) -- Anti-apartheid champion Nelson Mandela was buried in his home village on Sunday after a funeral that mixed ancient tribal rituals with a display of the might of the new, ...

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Flags were lowered to half-staff across South Africa and people in black townships, in upscale mostly white suburbs and in the country's vast rural grasslands commemorated Nelson ...

Former South African President Nelson Mandela reacts at the Mandela foundation, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday June 2, 2009, during a meeting with a group of American and South African ...

Dec. 4 (UPI) --South Africa's corruption watchdog said Monday that officials misused $22 million during Nelson Mandela's funeral four years ago. The Public Protector advocate, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, in a ...