The anti-apartheid icon Mandela's statue will be erected at the Presidency next week, the South African government announced on Thursday.
The photograph of former President Nelson Mandela, purported to be of him lying in his casket at the Union Buildings, is a fake, the Department of State Security said on Thursday.
"They were both very strong leaders who fought for the liberation of their people, and who also contributed to laying the foundation for further development in society," Langa said at the South African Embassy in northeastern Beijing.
Speaking at the memorial service held in FNB stadium in Johannesburg, the special representative of Chinese President Xi Jinping said Mr. Mandela was the pride of the African people.
World leaders and tens of thousands of South Africans on Tuesday gathered in rain at a stadium in South Africa's Johannesburg to honor former South African President Nelson Mandela.
Braving heavy rain, thousands of people flocked to the FNB stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg, early Tuesday to attend the memorial service for former President Nelson Mandela.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key will leave for South Africa on Monday to attend the official memorial service for Nelson Mandela.
The African Union (AU), the South African Embassy and the Ethiopian government on Sunday held memorial services for the late anti-apartheid leader and former South African president, Nelson Mandela, at the AU headquarters in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday evening called his South African counterpart, Jacob Zuma, to express his "heartfelt" condolences over the death of former President Nelson Mandela.
South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela passed away arousing mourning across the world.
After the news of Mandela's death spread out, the heads of different countries have expressed theri grief successively.
Former South African president Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95
The condition of South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela is still "stable but critical," the Presidency said Monday on its website.
A 35-million-U.S.-dollar film which chronicles the life of former South African President Nelson Mandela was premiered here Sunday evening, stirring emotional memories of the anti-apartheid icon.
Ailing former South African President Nelson Mandela was "fully alive," contrary to media reports that he was in a vegetative state, his grandson Mandla Mandela said on Sunday.
UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday paid respect to Nelson Mandela, who he called "a giant of our times," and urged action to build a peaceful, sustainable and equitable world.
The Nelson Mandela Center of Memory kicked off the Mandela's 95th birthday celebrating activities with a visit to the Bertrams Junior School here on Sunday.
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