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  Nelson Mandela reaches final resting place in ancestral village of Qunu

  16 Dec 2013:

  In perfect summer sunshine, Mandela's casket was undraped, blessed and lowered into the soil from which he sprang

• Nelson Mandela lookalike struggles to come to terms with hero's death

  15 Dec 2013: Ayanda Mbatyothi has found fame in South Africa through his likeness to the former leader, and now hopes to be a 'reminder'

• Nelson Mandela's closest aide tells of her life with 'beloved Madiba'

  15 Dec 2013:

  In her first interview since his death, 'Mandela's rock' and 'white granddaughter' Zelda la Grange shares personal memories of 16 years of service to the former South African president, writes David Smith

• Desmond Tutu: I will not attend Nelson Mandela's funeral

  14 Dec 2013: Longtime friend cancels flights after receiving no indication of being on guest list, as president's office says he is invited

• ANC accused of pettiness for excluding Desmond Tutu from Mandela funeral

  14 Dec 2013:

  South Africa's ruling party lambasted for not inviting retired archbishop and old Mandela ally turned fierce government critic

• Mandela memorial interpreter says he has history of violent behaviour

  12 Dec 2013: Concerns grow over hiring of Thamsanqa Jantjie, who blames nonsense sign language at memorial on hallucination

• We made error over Nelson Mandela sign language interpreter – government

  12 Dec 2013: South African minister concedes mistake over interpreter's lack of qualifications and blames suppliers as being substandard

• Mandela memorial interpreter says he has schizophrenia

  12 Dec 2013: South African minister concedes mistake happened in hiring of Thamsanqa Jantjie, who says he was hallucinating at service

• Nelson Mandela's lying in state draws queue of thousands to say goodbye

  11 Dec 2013: Officials estimate 2,000 people per hour passed Mandela's body at Union Buildings, where he was sworn in as president in 1994

• Thousands queue to say goodbye to Nelson Mandela

  11 Dec 2013: Queues reminiscent of South Africa's first democratic election in 1994 line up to see body of former present

• Barack Obama lights up damp Nelson Mandela memorial

  10 Dec 2013:

  In a peculiarly rambling, rain-soaked event bogged down in domestic politics, it felt at times like Mandela's soul was absent

• Mandela's death gives respite for Jacob Zuma and the ANC – but for how long?

  9 Dec 2013: South African president besieged by corruption allegations, while ruling party attacked over failure to redress apartheid's legacy

• Nelson Mandela memorial brings old foes together

  9 Dec 2013: Barack Obama and Raúl Castro among speakers at service, where Jacob Zuma will deliver main speech

• Nelson Mandela's office becomes a place of pilgrimage

  9 Dec 2013: 'It feels amazing. I can feel his greatness. It's sad to be here but also a wonderful feeling. His spirit is still with us.'

• Nelson Mandela's favourite photographer

  8 Dec 2013:

  Alf Kumalo chronicled the Mandela family for 60 years, photographing the children as they were growing up and the man himself after his release. David Smith met the photojournalist before his death in 2012

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