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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.
UN chief Ban Ki-Moon paid homage on Monday to Nelson Mandela as a giant for justice, equality and human rights, and said the world has lost a hero.
Ban visited the Nelson Mandela Centre for Memory in Johannesburg, where mourners lit candles and signed a book of condolences in memory of the democracy icon who died on Thursday.
"The world mourns the loss of Nelson Mandela – one of the towering figures of our time and indeed of any time," he told journalists after a whirlwind tour of the centre, which houses a collection of historical documents on Mandela's life.
"We join together in sorrow for a mighty loss and in celebration of a mighty life. "He was a giant for justice and equality and human rights."
Meeting
Ban recounted meeting South Africa's first democratically elected president at his home in 2009, and thanking Mandela for his contribution to peace and freedom.
He said he was struck by the Nobel laureate's human decency. "What he said at the time struck me so deeply.
He said: 'Well it's not only me, there were hundreds and hundreds of known and unknown people who worked for that cause'.
"I was so deeply moved and touched. What he said is still guiding me."
Ban said South Africa and the world had lost a hero. "Lala Ngoxolo" (rest in peace), he concluded in Mandela's mother tongue, isiXhosa. – AFP