Mourners dance during a night vigil outside the home of South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela in Houghton, Johannesburg, on Friday. (Reuters/Elmond Jiyane)
People comfort each other outside the residence of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg on Friday. (Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko)
CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | APPublished — Friday 6 December 2013Last update 6 December 2013 12:53 pm ||A A LATEST STORIES IN WORLD Gunmen kill leader of Sunni group in Pakistan Thousands in UK face another day of flooding Nelson Mandela dies at the age of 95 Court gags Philippines, Pacquiao in tax war Bangladesh’s ex-dictator threatens suicide MoreJOHANNESBURG: People across South Africa are commemorating Nelson Mandela with song, tears and prayers as the government prepares funeral ceremonies that will draw leaders and other dignitaries from around the globe.
In a church service Friday, retired archbishop Desmond Tutu said the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa’s first black president would want South Africans themselves to be his “memorial” by adhering to the values of unity and democracy that he embodied.
Mourners are gathering outside Mandela’s house in Johannesburg, as well as at his old home in the city’s black township of Soweto.
South Africa’s banking association says banks will close on the day of Mandela’s funeral. The government has yet to announce a detailed schedule for a mourning period that is expected to last more than a week.
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