ສົບຂອງທ່ານ Mandela ຈະດອຍໄວ້ຢ່າງເປັນທາງການ ຢູ່ທີ່ທໍານຽບ Union Building ໃນເມືອງຫຼວງ Pretoria ທີ່ຕັ້ງຂອງລັດຖະບານອາຟຣິກາໃຕ້ ໃນວັນພຸດ ວັນພະຫັດ ແລະວັນສຸກ.
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ຊາວອາຟຣິກາໃຕ້ ລະນຶກເຖິງ ມື້ລາງທ່ານ Nelson Mandela
South Africans mourn and honor Nelson Mandela in South Africa.
South Africa Honors Mandela with Day of Reflection
Thousands of people gathered at churches across South Africa Sunday for a national day of prayer and reflection in honor of Nelson Mandela, remembering him as the father of a new South Africa.
South African President Jacob Zuma, at a church service in Johannesburg, thanked God for giving Mandela to South Africa.
His ex-wife, Winnie Mandikizela-Mandela, joined one of his grandsons, Mandla Mandela, and other members of the family for Sunday's service.
World leaders, including U.S. President Barack Obama and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, are traveling to Johannesburg to attend the official memorial service for Mandela on Tuesday.
The service will be held at Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium - the site of the 2010 World Cup final. Memorial services will also be held in all provinces and regions.
Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will also attend.
Mandela's remains will lie in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria - the official seat of the South African government - on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Officials said Saturday that Mandela's funeral cortege will travel through the streets of Pretoria and they encouraged people to line the route.
Mourners have been flocking to sites around South Africa to pay homage to their beloved freedom fighter.
Organizers say they expect about 9,000 people to attend a public state funeral on December 15, in Mr. Mandela's ancestral village of Qunu.
On Saturday, a large crowded gathered in Soweto township where people sang, danced and held up pictures of Mandela. He lived in the township when he was a young lawyer.
He lived in the township when he was a young lawyer.
