South African president Jacob Zuma discussed additional ways mourners can pay tribute to anti-apartheid leader. By The Associated Press Nelson Mandela - H 2013 JOHANNESBURG — Flags were lowered to ...

The funeral of former South African leader Nelson Mandela will take place on Dec. 15 — a Sunday — in the Eastern Cape village of Qunu, South African President Jacob Zuma has said. Mandela grew up in ...

The funeral of former South African President Nelson Mandela will be held on Dec. 15, President Jacob Zuma announced Friday. Mandela, the first black President of South Africa who led the country out ...

JOHANNESBURG – Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu changed course Saturday night and announced plans to attend the funeral of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela after all. Spokesman Roger Friedman did not ...

Warrensville Heights Democratic Rep. Marcia Fudge will lead a Congressional Black Caucus delegation to South Africa to attend Tuesday's memorial service for former President Nelson Mandela in ...

World leaders, President Obama among them, used the memorial service for Nelson Mandela as an opportunity to meet and greet and schmooze. No glowing eulogy would make the late, great liberator any ...

QUNU, South Africa -- Songs, speeches and the boom of artillery rang across Nelson Mandela's home village during his funeral Sunday as a tribal chief adorned in a leopard skin declared: "A great tree ...

State Department contract awards were posted this week for “Transportation services in support of Mandela Funeral” and “Accommodation in support of the Nelson Mandela funeral in South Africa.” The ...