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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.

SA says goodbye to Tata (video)
Thousands of South Africans lined the streets of Pretoria to get a chance to pay their final respects to Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings.

Reflecting on Mandela's state memorial (video)
We take a look at some of the high and low points of Mandela's memorial, including Barack Obama's speech, booing crowds and Desmond Tutu's reprimand.

Mandela: The sacrificial man (podcast)
On the final instalment of M&G Newsroom for 2013, Mandela family spokesperson General Themba Matanzima tells us about Madiba the family man.

Prayer and worship for Madiba (slideshow)
South Africans of all denominations have been gathering to remember Madiba since Friday evening.

The world pays tribute to Mandela (slideshow)
As South Africans come to terms with the loss of former president Nelson Mandela, the rest of the world bids farewell to Madiba.
Nelson Mandela listens to former US president Bill Clinton during the third Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on July 19, 2005 in Johannesburg. (Alexander Joe, AFP)
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Visitors have been praying for Nelson Mandela and his family after no change in his critical condition was made public.
Obama will not visit sick Mandela
US President Barack Obama's South African schedule does not include a visit to former president Nelson Mandela, who is critically ill in hospital.

Visitors arrive at Mandela family gravesite
A few cars have been seen at the Mandela family gravesite in Qunu, while the relatives called an urgent meeting in the village to brief the elders.

Despite retiring from politics, Mandela continued to have an incredibly active life; from launching his 46664 campaign to his tireless campaigning for the world’s poor; he remained an icon to all. Mandela officially retired from public life in June 2004 ,before his 86th birthday, telling his compatriots:
No update on his condition means Nelson Mandela will spend his third day in a critical condition, and his 18th day in total in a hospital in Pretoria.

Maharaj lashes out at journalists over Madiba health reports
Mac Maharaj has chastised reporters seeking information on Mandela's health after Jacob Zuma left an address to editors on the youth and the economy.

VIDEO: For Nelson Mandela's daughter Makaziwe Mandela, the former president's declining health is not a global event but a deeply personal issue.
VIDEO: For Nelson Mandela's daughter Makaziwe Mandela, the former president's declining health is not a global event but a deeply personal issue.

Zuma: Mandela remains in a critical condition
President Jacob Zuma on Monday morning confirmed to journalists and editors that former president Nelson Mandela remains in a critical condition.

Do people have so little faith in the work of Nelson Mandela and those like him that they believe we will dissolve into racial riots after his death, asks Verashni Pillay.
The notion that SA will dissolve into race riots at the news of Nelson Mandela’s death is so unlikely as to be ridiculous, writes Verashni Pillay.

University of the Free State vice-chancellor Professor Jonathan Jansen has said that a newspaper report incorrectly quoted him over the weekend. (AFP)
Former president Nelson Mandela's condition is now critical, the presidency has confirmed.


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