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From left: Former Prime Minister, Frederick Sumaye, Prominent
Politician, Ngombale Mwiru, Algeria Ambassador to Tanzania, Djelloul
Tabet and his colleague from Palestine, Nasir Abujaish pay attention
during a commemoration service of ex-president of South Africa the late
Nelson Mandela who died last week and will be buried today |
Tuesday’s memorial service for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg
saw the world pay tribute to South Africa’s first democratically-elected
president.
Mandela, who died last Thursday at 95, was hailed
as an icon of the freedom struggle, peace, human rights and
reconciliation. He will be buried today in his boyhood village of Qunu.
Those who spoke during the memorial service in
Johannesburg on Tuesday praised the former leader and asked today’s
leaders to emulate him and put the interests of the people before
theirs.