President Jacob Zuma of South Africa said the Late anti-apartheid hero, Dr Nelson Mandela, would be buried on Dec. 15 at his ancestral home in the Eastern Cape.
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Zuma said the country's first black president would be laid to rest in a family plot at his ancestral village of Qunu, 700 km (450 miles) south of Johannesburg.
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Three of Mandela's children and other close family members had been buried there.
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Zuma had also announced that the former president would be honoured with a Dec. 10 memorial service at Johannesburg's Soccer City Stadium, the site of the 2010 World Cup final.
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"We will spend the week mourning his passing. We will also spend it celebrating a life well lived'', Zuma said.
Rest in peace Nelson Mandela.
You were just a great man.
Nice one
Nelson Mandela's name will never be erased from our hearts. He was just a great African!
Nelson Mandela will always be remembered for his good works for Africa. Other men of his callibre should emulate