TaJuLa's Blog: Mourners Line The Streets Of Johannesburg To Pay Their Last Respects To Madiba.

Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Mourners Line The Streets Of Johannesburg To Pay Their Last Respects To Madiba.

Tribute: Military officers carry the coffin of former president Nelson Mandela into the Union Buildings in the South African capital Pretoria, the seat of government where he will lie in state for three days

Military Officers Carry Nelson Mandela's Body To Union Building.
Thousands lined the streets as a hearse drove the coffin, wrapped in a South African flag, from a hospital to the government's Union Buildings to lie in state for three days. This morning Mandela's grandson Mandla visited the open casket of his grandfather, followed by his second wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and third wife Graca Machel, as well as South Africa's current president Jacob Zuma.

Grand scale: South Africans have been asked to line the streets every time Mandela's hearse drives through Pretoria

Grand scale: South Africans have been asked to line the streets every time Mandela's hearse drives through Pretoria

Thousands Line The Street As Motorcade Drives Through.

Arrival: The procession this morning concluded with Mandela's casket being carried in to the Union Buildings

Arrival: The procession this morning concluded with Mandela's casket being carried in to the Union Buildings

Soldiers Carry The Coffin Of Madiba.
Moved: Jacob Zuma, South Africa's current president, was joined by Mandela's widow Graca Michel, dressed in black, at the site

Moved: Jacob Zuma, South Africa's current president, was joined by Mandela's widow Graca Michel, dressed in black, at the site

Mandela's 3rd Wife Grace Machel Arrives To View Her Husbands Body
Solemn: The casket will lie in state at the Union Buildings until Mandela is buried at a funeral on Sunday