South Africa: Funeral Service Ends On Sombre Note

15 December 2013

The Funeral Service for late former President Nelson Mandela has ended on a sombre note, and family members and other invited guests are moving to the site where the elderly statesman will be buried.

Madiba's wish was to be buried next to his relatives in Qunu. The revered icon's father Mphakanyiswa Gadla Henry, his mother Noqaphi Nosekeni and his son Magkatho Lewanika Mandela are buried at the family grave site in the Eastern Cape village.

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