Up to 14,000 people viewed Nelson Mandela's body on Wednesday, the first day of his lying in state the South African government has said. CLEAN : Thousands queue to pay last respects on December 12, 2013 in Pretoria, South Africa...

The last day of Nelson Mandela's formal lying in state on Friday was overwhelmed by mourners desperate to say a final, personal farewell to the anti-apartheid icon. CLEAN : Balcony shots of Union Buildings, where on December 12, 2013 in...

Nelson Mandela?s childhood village of Qunu prepares for his funeral this weekend. CLEAN : Mandela's village prepares for the final on December 13, 2013 in Qunu, South Africa (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Nelson Mandela embarked on the final leg of his exceptional 95-year journey on Saturday, with his remains on their way to be returned to his rural childhood home for traditional burial CLEAN : Singing and dancing as Mandelas body flown...

A 21 gun salute and full honour guard escorted the coffin of Nelson Mandela as his state funeral got underway Sunday in the rolling hills of his rural boyhood home CLEAN : Mandela laid to rest at state on December 15, 2013 in Qunu, South...

A 21 gun salute and full honour guard escorted the coffin of Nelson Mandela as his state funeral got underway Sunday in the rolling hills of his rural boyhood home CLEAN : Mandela laid to rest at state on December 15, 2013 in Qunu,...

Frances Foreign Ministry hangs giant portrait of South African icon Nelson Mandela to mourn his death CLEAN : Frances Foreign Ministry hangs on December 06, 2013 in Paris, France (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Former South Africa President Nelson Mandela?s body has been taken to 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria CLEAN : Mandelas body taken to Pretoria 1 Military on December 06, 2013 in Pretoria, South Africa (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

South Africa raced Monday to meet the unprecedented logistical challenge of hosting close to 100 world leaders flying in from every corner of the globe for the state funeral of freedom icon Nelson Mandela CLEAN : Mandela funeral images...

US President Barack Obama has visited the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory in Johannesburg CLEAN : Obama visits Mandela Memory Centre on June 29, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

CLEAN: Prince Harry visits the Nelson Mandela Centre. Shows interior shots Prince Harry walking into archive & greeted by curator. on December 03, 2015 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Jessye Norman, the renowned international opera star whose passionate soprano voice won her four Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honor, has died, according to family spokesperson Gwendolyn Quinn. She was 74.

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CLEAN: Exterior shots of a group of tribal dancers entertaining crowds and shots of ANC banner declaring 1994 as 'the year of freedom' and 'democratic elections' and crowds celebrating at the ANC 82nd anniversary rally at Orlando Stadium...

CLEAN: Exterior shots of crowds of people arriving some carrying spears, shots of crowds cheering and dancing, shots of a group of tribal dancers entertaining crowds and shots of ANC banner declaring 1994 as 'the year of freedom' at the...

CLEAN: Exterior shots from a boat as it approaches Robben Island and shots of entrance gate on the 11th February 1994 in Robben Island, South Africa

Nelson Mandela liked hearty, simple meals, like oxtail stew. Flavours of the meal he loved now fill ravioli, served in a boutique hotel created in his former home (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Nelson Mandela makes Poverty speech

NELSON MANDELA MAKE POVERTY HISTORY SPEECH

Nelson Mandela's widow and women’s rights activist Graca Machel says one of the biggest challenges facing the world today is finding the kind of ethical leadership which characterised Madiba's generation saying that'millions of citizens...

Delegates to the United Nations social summit finally agreed on Friday (10/3) on a plan to end poverty and social injustice but warned that results would not come quickly or easily. The first of the heads of state and government also...

Politics professor Jeremy Seekings says South Africa's refusal to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine stems from 'misguided nostalgia' to the Soviety Union's apartheid-era support of Nelson Mandela's ANC party (Footage by AFPTV via...

1. Wide of exterior Exclusive Books bookstore, shutters opening 2. Mid of shoppers surrounding a bookshelf of new copies of Nelson Mandela's book "Conversations With Myself", shoppers picking up copies of the book 3. Mid of customers...

AP Television Eastern Cape Province, South Africa - August 25, 2011 1. Wide of Karoo drylands 2. Close of Karoo drylands Cape Town, South Africa - 31 August, 2011 3. Mid of Professor Timm Hoffman at work 4. Close of computer screen 5....