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Zapiro's best Madiba cartoons (slideshow)
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Mandela: SA's greatest son laid to rest (slideshow)
The world watched as Nelson Mandela was finally laid to rest in his hometown of Qunu following a dignified and moving funeral ceremony on Sunday.
Free at long last
Retirement from the presidency is like being "out of jail for the second time.

Retirement from the presidency is like being "out of jail for the second time," said former president and long-time political prisoner Nelson Mandela in an interview aired on Sunday night. Just over two weeks after handing power to President Thabo Mbeki last month, Mandela told SABC television: "I am happy ... to be out of jail for the second time."I can now not just carry out duties, even though I enjoyed doing so. But I am now going to concentrate on what appeals to me," he said.