:00:44. > :00:52.Good morning from South Africa, the day of Nelson Mandela's funeral. The
:00:53. > :00:58.final day in ten days of commemoration. 400 miles away from
:00:59. > :01:05.here in Pretoria, is Qunu, the village where Mandela lived as a
:01:06. > :01:10.child and where he returned in his retirement. It will be here who will
:01:11. > :01:14.be buried today with a full state funeral followed by a more private
:01:15. > :01:22.burial. Last night his body was watched over in his house by his
:01:23. > :01:25.family and by elders of the tribe and there was a brief service this
:01:26. > :01:30.morning just for the family. They have tried to keep the family's role
:01:31. > :01:36.private as well as this public display which was embarrassing for
:01:37. > :01:40.the family. Today he will be taken on a gun carriage from his house,
:01:41. > :01:51.which was modelled on the house of the ward who owned the final place
:01:52. > :01:55.he lived before he was released from prison. The extraordinary thing is
:01:56. > :02:02.that he lives in a house which was designed like the house he had in
:02:03. > :02:07.prison. In the grounds is a huge marquee to take 4500 people today
:02:08. > :02:13.who have come from all over South Africa. Politicians, lots of ANC
:02:14. > :02:20.leading figures, but also many people from abroad. The Prince of
:02:21. > :02:26.Wales flew from Britain, met Mandela on two occasions and was known to be
:02:27. > :02:32.a great admirer of him. He spoke very warmly of him. The American
:02:33. > :02:37.talk show host, the billionaire Oprah Winfrey arrived here as well,
:02:38. > :02:44.and she worked with Nelson Mandela and set up a school in South Africa.
:02:45. > :02:52.And so these figures arriving. Sir Richard Branson, who set up with
:02:53. > :03:01.Nelson Mandela an organisation called The Elders and played a part
:03:02. > :03:08.in helping formulate policies against deprivation and the rest of
:03:09. > :03:20.it. I am here in Pretoria and George Alagiah is in Qunu able to see down
:03:21. > :03:25.what is going on in detail. Thank you. Good morning. It is a stunning
:03:26. > :03:32.morning here in the Eastern Cape and I can just overlook the Nelson
:03:33. > :03:36.Mandela family compound from where I am standing. They are making those
:03:37. > :03:41.final preparations before they accompany his body up the hill on
:03:42. > :03:46.the last leg of his remarkable journey. If you ask people here,
:03:47. > :03:53.they say Nelson Mandela has come home, this is where he belongs. The
:03:54. > :03:57.ceremony today is just the last in a whole week of national mourning that
:03:58. > :04:03.we have been seeing, but there is a sense that for people here, this is
:04:04. > :04:15.the last chance for them to bid a final farewell to the man who is
:04:16. > :04:20.their greatest citizen. Thanks, George. We expect this to unroll
:04:21. > :04:26.firstly with the military procession, then this big service in
:04:27. > :04:33.the marquee. We don't know exactly what will be in the service, but we
:04:34. > :04:37.think there will be a Methodist element in it because Nelson Mandela
:04:38. > :04:41.always played great tribute to the Methodist missionaries that he was
:04:42. > :04:47.schooled with when he was a young boy. This is the astonishing
:04:48. > :04:50.marquee. It has just been built in the last few days in great
:04:51. > :04:57.difficulty because of the heavy rains, people are gathering inside
:04:58. > :05:01.there. People will be taken from this marquee and they will go up the
:05:02. > :05:06.hill to the area where there is a family graveyard and he will be
:05:07. > :05:17.buried there. We will not see the exact moment of the burial but there
:05:18. > :05:29.is a huge tradition of Thembu burial. It is huge empty spaces with
:05:30. > :05:41.downland and cattle grazing here. In fact Nelson Mandela had a huge bull
:05:42. > :05:46.given to him that lived there. It is a great city with huge empty spaces
:05:47. > :05:56.and a very traditional way of life, people living in small huts. I have
:05:57. > :05:59.guests with me here and we will be talking to them from time to time
:06:00. > :06:13.about their memories of Nelson Mandela. Firstly, you work outside
:06:14. > :06:31.of South Africa representing Oliver Thembu for a long time. My next
:06:32. > :06:36.guest was in charge of the South African cricketing team, involved in
:06:37. > :06:40.that tour which there was so much controversy about, the tour when
:06:41. > :06:51.people come here and there was apartheid restrictions. And somebody
:06:52. > :06:56.who was with us before, the president of the advisory Council.
:06:57. > :07:06.We will look to you for descriptions of the honours and medals which we
:07:07. > :07:12.will see. Nelson Mandela's medals will be taken from the coffin and
:07:13. > :07:16.given back to the family. What is your abiding memory of Nelson
:07:17. > :07:25.Mandela? Was it when you first met him? Over the years, there are a lot
:07:26. > :07:36.of memories. Perhaps the one with great pride was when he was elected
:07:37. > :07:41.president by the National Assembly and we went onto the steps of the
:07:42. > :07:48.parliament and he wanted to greet the crowd and his security was
:07:49. > :07:53.saying to stay here. He knew he had been elected president but he still
:07:54. > :07:58.had to go and greet the crowd and not necessarily worry about
:07:59. > :08:02.security. He has always had a great instinct for talking to people. You
:08:03. > :08:06.said when he came to watch cricket, he would never go straight onto the
:08:07. > :08:20.grandstand but to talk to everybody first. First he would go to the
:08:21. > :08:25.catering area and the majority of the people were black women and they
:08:26. > :08:37.would be hysterical. He was a People's person. Yvonne, what about
:08:38. > :08:48.you? It was a day when I nearly lost my life. Jesse Jackson's vehicle had
:08:49. > :09:01.taken a wrong turn and I had an accident and so are Madiba -- saw
:09:02. > :09:04.Madiba whose face was ashen with strain and I nearly had a heart
:09:05. > :09:12.attack seeing him live for the first time. The first time you had ever
:09:13. > :09:20.seen him. You were too young when he went into jail. Of course. Let's
:09:21. > :09:31.just remember for a moment Nelson Mandela and in brief his life.
:09:32. > :09:37.Nelson Mandela first became involved in the anti-apartheid movement in
:09:38. > :09:45.the 1940s. A practising lawyer, he defended those who had fallen foul
:09:46. > :09:49.of strict apartheid laws. His activism brought him into conflict
:09:50. > :10:06.with the state and lead to a life sentence in 1964.
:10:07. > :10:28.Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years. On the 11th of February, 1990, he
:10:29. > :10:37.walked free. Today the majority of South Africans, black and white,
:10:38. > :10:42.recognise that apartheid has no future. In 1994 South Africa held
:10:43. > :10:48.its first elections in which everyone can vote and Mandela became
:10:49. > :11:00.the country's first black president. Now is the time for celebration for
:11:01. > :11:10.South Africans to come together for democracy. Never, never, and never
:11:11. > :11:16.again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience
:11:17. > :11:25.the oppression of one by another. God bless Africa. Mandela worked to
:11:26. > :11:30.heal the wounds of the past, using sport to unite the country. At the
:11:31. > :11:34.Rugby World Cup, he wore the national rugby jersey in a sport
:11:35. > :11:38.long associated with white dominance. He established the truth
:11:39. > :11:44.and reconciliation commission, revisiting South Africa's traumatic
:11:45. > :11:50.past to enable the country to move forward and embrace the future. He
:11:51. > :11:56.promised to be president for only one term and so he stood down in
:11:57. > :12:00.1999, but he continued the fight for equality and democracy not only in
:12:01. > :12:06.South Africa but around the world, becoming one of its most revered
:12:07. > :12:23.statesman. On his 90th birthday, he passed on the baton. After nearly 90
:12:24. > :12:31.years of life, it is time for new hands to lift the burden. It is in
:12:32. > :12:39.your hands now. And here at Qunu this morning, it is just coming up
:12:40. > :12:44.to eight o'clock in South Africa. The marquee where the service will
:12:45. > :12:47.take place, the funeral of Nelson Mandela, which is already packed
:12:48. > :12:52.with people who have arrived here. Some have come from abroad, like the
:12:53. > :13:02.Prince of Wales, talking to one of President Zuma's former wives. He
:13:03. > :13:08.met Nelson Mandela, gave him lunch in London, came to South Africa and
:13:09. > :13:16.met him again. He has taken his place in the marquee along with many
:13:17. > :13:24.other distinguished figures. This is the tiny village of Qunu. Some of
:13:25. > :13:30.these little shacks have been put up for the event, but there with the
:13:31. > :13:35.red roof is Nelson Mandela's house, where he had planned to stay in
:13:36. > :13:40.retirement. In fact he barely retired, he spent his whole time
:13:41. > :13:46.coming back to Johannesburg and doing enterprising work. I was here
:13:47. > :13:54.once when he was here and children can cheering for him at the roadside
:13:55. > :14:00.so he couldn't really need a quiet, retired life. He had two obsessions
:14:01. > :14:06.after retirement, one was education for children, and one was the
:14:07. > :14:10.campaign on HIV and aids which he admitted he had neglected in his
:14:11. > :14:17.presidency. This was his house, which will become, no doubt, the
:14:18. > :14:27.shrine. His family are keen that it should not become a shrine but it
:14:28. > :14:38.probably will do, do you think, Yvonne Muthien? It is very important
:14:39. > :14:44.that he is buried in because that is what he wanted. It is interesting,
:14:45. > :14:51.the way in which this funeral will be conducted is not solemn and
:14:52. > :14:59.formal. A lot of celebration comes into it. It is a joyous celebration
:15:00. > :15:11.of his life and legacy. We saw this group yesterday dancing. George is
:15:12. > :15:15.outside the tent. Gorge. -- George.
:15:16. > :15:19.David, you know, it is interesting, isn't it, because we see Nelson
:15:20. > :15:22.Mandela as this huge global figure and testament to that is the
:15:23. > :15:26.international dignitaries and the celebrities that we're seeing at the
:15:27. > :15:31.funeral today, but if you asked him, he said and he wrote about this, he
:15:32. > :15:35.called himself at heart a country boy. It is interesting what he said
:15:36. > :15:39.the first time he came back here to Qunu after he had been in prison. He
:15:40. > :15:43.wrote about this, he said he was quite shocked. One of the things
:15:44. > :15:51.that got to him was the amount of litter. He said there was plastic
:15:52. > :15:55.everywhere and Nelson Mandela was a fastidious man and driving around
:15:56. > :16:00.Qunu, you realise how poor some of the people are. At night, there is
:16:01. > :16:06.lots of places where it looks as if there is no electricity. So what it
:16:07. > :16:11.tells you is the mission he set out on in 1994 when he became president,
:16:12. > :16:19.there is an awful lot of that work still to do, David.
:16:20. > :16:25.George, thank you very much. The procession down to the marquee has
:16:26. > :16:31.just begun led by the police here and there will be a 21 gun salute
:16:32. > :16:37.and then minute guns, guns firing every minute as this solemn
:16:38. > :16:45.procession, which doesn't have to go a great distance, the Military
:16:46. > :16:49.Police and behind them the band and going at a slow march, the
:16:50. > :17:27.Ceremonial Guard Band. The smoke from the field guns firing
:17:28. > :17:36.every minute here. The military ceremonial is combined in the most
:17:37. > :17:40.curious and complex way with the traditional Thembu style of funeral
:17:41. > :17:51.and with the Christian element largely drawn from Methodism, all
:17:52. > :17:56.three have been combined today to make this event. Throughout these
:17:57. > :18:00.ten days, there has been a subtle combination of reflecting Nelson
:18:01. > :18:11.Mandela in terms of his international reputation and the
:18:12. > :18:32.family and what happens here in qun qun qun. The field guns lined up
:18:33. > :18:38.here. There are two sections of field guns. This one firing 21 guns.
:18:39. > :18:43.Another one firing 21 guns at the end and one minute guns right
:18:44. > :19:52.through the period of the procession. Another gun fired.
:19:53. > :20:01.The first sight of the gun carriage there briefly being with the coffin
:20:02. > :20:07.with the flag of the Union of South Africa on it. They are going at a
:20:08. > :20:15.quick march now. The gun carriage drawn by a military vehicle there
:20:16. > :20:22.and the troops on parade, mostly in fatigues, recognisable only by their
:20:23. > :20:35.berets. They are the medical corp of the Army with those maroon berets.
:20:36. > :20:50.Figures of the Navy, always in white on parade. Behind the coffin there
:20:51. > :20:54.are the bearer parties and they're #230r78d of two -- they are formed
:20:55. > :21:00.of two groups. They are the senior officers and the actual warrant
:21:01. > :21:06.officers who carry the coffin. The others are there for the formality
:21:07. > :21:26.of senior officers, paying their respects and being on parade.
:21:27. > :21:40.The chief of the South African National Defence Force is the chief
:21:41. > :21:46.military mourner here. We will see him and he was the military arm of
:21:47. > :21:50.the ANC and was trained in Angola and the Soviet Union and came back
:21:51. > :21:53.to South Africa when the ban on the ANC was lifted and helped to
:21:54. > :22:00.restructure the ANC and the Armed Forces and has just taken over from
:22:01. > :22:33.being chief of the Army and he is chief of the National Defence Force.
:22:34. > :22:43.The vehicle pulling it which looks huge is actually a gun tractor
:22:44. > :22:46.therefore a proper device for pulling gun carriages, not horses,
:22:47. > :23:11.not pulled by people. There is the figure of the chief
:23:12. > :24:13.there marching beside the coffin. The Navy Guard of Honour there and
:24:14. > :24:17.the guns are still firing. This is the place where Nelson Mandela said
:24:18. > :24:24.he wanted to be buried. I don't think he envisaged it would be
:24:25. > :24:30.something like this. He had the idea simply of a grave in the traditional
:24:31. > :24:41.way with stones on top of it and one word, Mandela, written on the
:24:42. > :24:47.tombstone and instead he has this ceremony which is unavaidable
:24:48. > :24:51.because of the figure he was. He was recognised by the South African
:24:52. > :24:56.State and by people over the world, it is inevitable he would have a
:24:57. > :24:59.funeral on this scale and it is inevitable that Qunu will itself
:25:00. > :25:18.become a place of pilgrimage. It is a very fortunate day today
:25:19. > :25:24.that the sun is shining here because quite often, only a couple of days
:25:25. > :25:30.ago, the low cloud and rain and this is a perfect day. It is just coming
:25:31. > :25:33.up to Christmas, the summer holidays in South Africa and this brilliant
:25:34. > :26:10.sunshine setting this parade off. We have been joined by a professor
:26:11. > :26:15.who knows all about, not this side of the ceremonial, but the
:26:16. > :26:19.traditional burial. How much of the tradition are we going to see here
:26:20. > :26:24.or is it going to be dominated do you think by the military and the
:26:25. > :26:32.grandeur of a State occasion? In fact, I expect to see a lot of
:26:33. > :26:38.traditional activities because Mandela, that is Qunu which is more
:26:39. > :26:46.of a traditional area and you have traditional people there who also
:26:47. > :26:54.have a claim on Mandela so I think they will be given an opportunity to
:26:55. > :26:57.show how they mourn for Mandela. What would have happened this
:26:58. > :27:03.morning and last night in his house? Those were all private family
:27:04. > :27:11.ceremonies, weren't they? Yes. I think the first thing that happened,
:27:12. > :27:16.there might have been a family meeting where counselling was given
:27:17. > :27:26.to the children and the grandchildren and also there might
:27:27. > :27:31.have been a meeting of the traditional leaders of Thembu who
:27:32. > :27:36.would be giving advice to the family on how things should happen in the
:27:37. > :27:43.traditional way. What sort of things would they be saying to them? In
:27:44. > :27:49.fact, that Mandela is a chief, for instance. They would make sure that
:27:50. > :27:57.he is buried with the dignity that he deserves as a chief and also that
:27:58. > :28:03.Mandela is a chief, I guess, he also has the leopard skin as a chief
:28:04. > :28:07.and... Leopard skin on top of the coffin? That's what I expected to
:28:08. > :28:11.see in fact, yes. That the leopard skin would be there on top of the
:28:12. > :28:17.coffin. Under the South African flag or maybe it will be put on later? At
:28:18. > :28:21.the moment we have... We have the South African flag now. I don't know
:28:22. > :28:26.maybe they will put it on later or it maybe put in the grave with him
:28:27. > :28:37.or if that does not happen, it might be given to one of the heris and --
:28:38. > :28:41.heirs. What about the talking to the coffin? Is that going on all the
:28:42. > :28:45.time during the ceremony, this talking to the body of Nelson
:28:46. > :28:51.Mandela? It will not be all the time, but from time to time, it
:28:52. > :28:54.might happen. I mean now, for instance, this funeral march is
:28:55. > :29:01.playing and there is nobody talking now to him. Now, if the coffin is in
:29:02. > :29:07.motion nobody should be talking. The talking happens when the coffin is
:29:08. > :29:11.at a standstill and then one of the elders of the family will talk to
:29:12. > :29:16.the coffin. In fact, it is not only talking to the coffin, it is talking
:29:17. > :29:23.to the person inside the coffin because the belief is that although
:29:24. > :29:28.he is regarded as dead, but he is not surely dead. This period he is
:29:29. > :29:35.still alive. We shall watch out for that and you can point out it to us.
:29:36. > :29:45.Now, are there is solemn funeral music being played. Let's listen to
:29:46. > :29:47.this and rejoin George Alagiah up on the hill. Let's hear a bit of this
:29:48. > :30:53.music first. It is interesting looking at the
:30:54. > :30:58.pictures of the military following this coffin. It is a potent picture
:30:59. > :31:03.of how much things have changed. At one time the military was an
:31:04. > :31:12.instrument of oppression, now we have white officers following Nelson
:31:13. > :31:16.Mandela's coffin. As we watch these pictures, around the country there
:31:17. > :31:26.are people in South Africa watching it unfolding on screens. Here in
:31:27. > :31:33.Qunu on the Eastern Cape, there are screens overlooking the Nelson
:31:34. > :31:43.Mandela's family compound. Not far from here in a place where Nelson
:31:44. > :31:48.Mandela was born there is one there as well. In this whole ceremony
:31:49. > :31:56.there has been a compromise between the government's desire to control
:31:57. > :32:02.events and of course the people's desire to have access to their
:32:03. > :32:09.former president. Of course Nelson Mandela famously was very
:32:10. > :32:16.accessible. He used to often break away from his entourage and start
:32:17. > :32:23.talking to the crowds, much to the irritation of his bodyguards. For
:32:24. > :32:34.the most part today, as we look at the coffin going up the hill, people
:32:35. > :32:39.are watching on screens. David. We are approaching the most solemn
:32:40. > :32:44.moment of this as the coffin goes into the marquee where it will be
:32:45. > :32:51.placed for the service. This service, what do you expect it to be
:32:52. > :32:57.like? In the service, although it might be more of a Christian service
:32:58. > :33:01.because he lived in modern times, I expect the traditional people to be
:33:02. > :33:12.given an opportunity either as speakers, or you have your
:33:13. > :33:19.traditional doctors also burning the incense who may be given the
:33:20. > :33:30.opportunity. I also expect to see singers there. There might be others
:33:31. > :33:38.that might come up from time to time. Very singers extolling
:33:39. > :33:53.achievements of his life. If you were a praise singer, what would you
:33:54. > :33:57.choose to sing about? There are so many things, but how he came out of
:33:58. > :34:03.prison with the same values and commitment. All sorts of things
:34:04. > :34:14.happened journalling that period before but he rejected it always.
:34:15. > :34:26.After his release prison he said this is a country for all South
:34:27. > :34:32.Africans. I have a granddaughter named Natasha, she is six, six
:34:33. > :34:38.months ago when Mandela's health was deteriorating she brought up the
:34:39. > :34:43.name Mandela and we said, "What about him?" She said he is a person
:34:44. > :34:48.that everybody wants to make sure he doesn't die and we said why? She
:34:49. > :34:56.said because he saved us from the shooters. Civil war, bloodshed, like
:34:57. > :34:58.in Syria, that's a young girl six saying that.
:34:59. > :35:05.Do you think many people are fearful in that way? Early 90s definitely
:35:06. > :35:07.and he calmed the country down and gave confidence for the future of
:35:08. > :35:40.the country. The band marches off and inside the
:35:41. > :35:45.marquee there is an orchestra and a full choir so there will be more
:35:46. > :35:58.music to follow, but the band has done its part the moment.
:35:59. > :36:06.The Navy marching down the hill, the medical corps behind them. Huge
:36:07. > :36:14.numbers of medical troops on parade here. A very good impression of what
:36:15. > :36:28.Qunu is like, those houses scattered on the hillside nearby Mandela's own
:36:29. > :36:34.house. The fact that Nelson Mandela had his home here has meant
:36:35. > :36:39.improvements for these people with water and electricity, looking after
:36:40. > :36:44.his own community, as of course would be expected by them. He used
:36:45. > :36:50.to go and chat to people. People came to his door here with none of
:36:51. > :36:54.the formality that would happen at his presidential office. The
:36:55. > :37:04.villagers would come and have a chat and he liked that. He was very
:37:05. > :37:09.informal at heart, and very much a countryman that hard. He wrote about
:37:10. > :37:15.country life, his early childhood, saying in the fields he learned how
:37:16. > :37:21.to knock birds out of the sky with slingshots and gather honey, and
:37:22. > :37:28.drink milk straight from the borders of Karl, water straight from streams
:37:29. > :37:32.and catch fish. He talked about it with nostalgia for the innocence of
:37:33. > :37:39.childhood long before he got involved in the struggle of
:37:40. > :37:54.apartheid when he was just a child, part of the Thembu clan. His father
:37:55. > :38:02.was in the dispute and he later went to live with his uncle, but always
:38:03. > :38:06.in Qunu, focused on this life, until he set off in Johannesburg in order
:38:07. > :38:12.to avoid an arranged marriage. That was part of a new life, where he
:38:13. > :38:20.became a lawyer, set up a legal company and went into the ANC. Let's
:38:21. > :38:28.hear from inside the tent. Leaders of the South African National
:38:29. > :38:37.defence Force, which has been playing a critical role throughout
:38:38. > :38:52.the week in preparing for this day. As you see on the screen, the coffin
:38:53. > :38:55.is about to enter the venue. This is the national chair of the ANC, one
:38:56. > :39:40.of the organisers of this event. As the coffin comes to join us, we
:39:41. > :40:28.will ask the choir to sing just in a minute.
:40:29. > :40:41.The coffin is followed in by the Chief of defence staff. They have
:40:42. > :40:58.seen to be so close in this past ten days, the widow and the former wife
:40:59. > :41:02.of Nelson Mandela. The him, Fulfil And Realise Your Promise in the
:41:03. > :43:36.English translation. -- hymn. Thank you very much. May you be
:43:37. > :43:53.seated. The close family take their seats beside the coffin. Mandla
:43:54. > :44:02.Mandela, his grandson. I want to make a couple of comments, before
:44:03. > :44:06.the last opportunity to satisfy the formalities of the agreed programme
:44:07. > :44:11.of this fully fledged state funeral. This morning we cast our
:44:12. > :44:20.eye collectively back on an unprecedented week of outpouring of
:44:21. > :44:32.rivers of two years and emotion about the sum of this humble
:44:33. > :44:38.community. -- son. These young man who grew into the mighty leader who
:44:39. > :44:45.was to lead together with his generation of ANC leaders our
:44:46. > :44:53.country out of bondage into the free South Africa we enjoy today. He
:44:54. > :45:03.leaves us with a new constitution, a set of laws, institutions,
:45:04. > :45:10.policies, and developing human rights ethos, culture of
:45:11. > :45:27.transparency, mutual respect, and democracy. Our leader lies here
:45:28. > :45:34.today. I would like the combined choirs to lead us in the National
:45:35. > :45:50.Anthem. The National Anthem which is sung in five different languages.
:45:51. > :46:34.Three African languages, then in African, God Bless Africa.
:46:35. > :48:19.Please be seated. A senior member of the Mandela family. The Methodist
:48:20. > :48:24.Church was the spiritual home of our late leader, comrade, Nelson
:48:25. > :49:05.Mandela. We sing together the hymn the
:49:06. > :49:22.favourite him of his mother. It is hymn 14. -- hymn of his mother.
:49:23. > :50:50.The General Secretary of the Methodist Church of South Africa.
:50:51. > :51:01.Shall we be seated? Let us pray. Eternal God in your infinite love
:51:02. > :51:08.for women and men, you incarnated yourself in Christ and revealed your
:51:09. > :51:14.nature to us in your infinite love for poor and wealthy, you laid aside
:51:15. > :51:20.your glory and walked amongst us as one of us. In your infinite love for
:51:21. > :51:27.every race and tribe and nation, you brought a new world into being and
:51:28. > :51:33.taught us to live as citizens of God's reign. But you have not
:51:34. > :51:39.stopped incoronating yourself -- incarnating yourself. You still
:51:40. > :51:45.reveal yourself and your reign and to all who opened their hearts and
:51:46. > :51:53.lives to you. We praise and thank you God for the people through whom
:51:54. > :52:00.you revealed yourself still, for those to give themselves to build a
:52:01. > :52:09.world based on the values of your reign of justice and reconciliation.
:52:10. > :52:13.Today we celebrate the incarnation that was Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
:52:14. > :52:22.who gave his life for the sake of justice and freedom, who lived the
:52:23. > :52:33.healing practises of forgiveness, compassion and integrity. We praise
:52:34. > :52:38.and thank you God. His example of justice, peace and reconciliation
:52:39. > :52:43.and his courage to endure suffering, rejection, and persecution for the
:52:44. > :52:54.sake of others. We offer this prayer in the name of Our Lord and Saviour,
:52:55. > :53:04.Jesus Christ, Amen. We listen to God as he speaks to us, the Gospel
:53:05. > :53:10.according to Matthew from Verse 14 to Verse 13. It is a para bell of
:53:11. > :53:18.the talents. Again, it would be like a p man going on a journey who
:53:19. > :53:23.entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents of money,
:53:24. > :53:29.to another two talents and to another, one talent. Even according
:53:30. > :53:36.to his ability. Then he went on his journey. The man who had received
:53:37. > :53:45.the five talents went at once and put his money to work and gained
:53:46. > :53:53.five more. So also the one with two talents gained two more, but the one
:53:54. > :53:59.who had received one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground and
:54:00. > :54:04.hid his master's money. After a long time, the master of those servants
:54:05. > :54:12.returned and settled accounts with them. The man who received five
:54:13. > :54:18.talents brought the five and said, "Master, you entrusted me with five
:54:19. > :54:27.talents. See I have gained five more." His master replied, "Well
:54:28. > :54:32.done good and faithful servant. You have been faithful with a few
:54:33. > :54:39.things, I will put you in charge of many things. A share your master's
:54:40. > :54:45.happiness. The man with the two talents came and said, "Master, you
:54:46. > :54:50.entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more. His master
:54:51. > :54:54.replied, "Well done, good and faithful servant. You have opinion
:54:55. > :54:59.faithful with a few things. I will put you in charge of many things.
:55:00. > :55:06.Come and share your master's happiness." Then the man who had
:55:07. > :55:17.received the one talent. Master, he said, I knew that you are a hard
:55:18. > :55:22.man. You have not scathered seed -- scattered seed so I went out and hid
:55:23. > :55:28.your talent in the ground. You see, here is what belongs to you. His
:55:29. > :55:41.master replied, "You wicked, lazy servant. So you knew that I have not
:55:42. > :55:47.sown. And not scattered seed. Well then, you should have put my money
:55:48. > :55:51.on the deposit with the bankers so when I returned I received it back
:55:52. > :55:59.with interest. Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has
:56:00. > :56:06.the ten talents. For everyone who has will be given more and he will
:56:07. > :56:12.have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken
:56:13. > :56:22.from him and throw that worthless servant outside into the darkness
:56:23. > :56:35.where there will be weeping. This is the word of God and thanks be to
:56:36. > :56:46.God. Amen. No effort has been spared in trying to ensure that this
:56:47. > :56:49.funeral service reflects as much of what Nelson Mandela was and what he
:56:50. > :56:57.associated himself with, what he loved and what he would have liked
:56:58. > :57:03.to see this morning. As you know, already we have sung two songs that
:57:04. > :57:16.were sung at the birth of his organisation, the African National
:57:17. > :57:38.Congress. We have sung the National Anthem. Can you tell us what she is
:57:39. > :57:41.saying? She says the minister from the Methodist Church has opened the
:57:42. > :57:52.church already and there is a tape that is going to be played now. A
:57:53. > :57:58.tape that is from children. Especially in his last days when he
:57:59. > :58:17.could spend more time with them. We can see the children in the front
:58:18. > :58:22.row there. The whole family has come together for this funeral and it is
:58:23. > :58:27.said today that they have been re-United's and it has -- reunited
:58:28. > :58:33.and it has been helped by the relationship between Winnie and
:58:34. > :58:39.Graca Machel who have tried to heal the divisions. There have been a lot
:58:40. > :58:42.of rumblings and discontent within the family which has been well
:58:43. > :58:47.reported, but for this event today, it seems that has been put to one
:58:48. > :58:49.side in honour of the memory of their father, grandfather and
:58:50. > :59:34.great-grandfather. The coffin of Nelson Mandela there
:59:35. > :59:41.is surrounded by cow skins. This is a traditional leader's. He has a
:59:42. > :59:47.leopard skin, I think, also on top of the coffin. Yes. A lion skin for
:59:48. > :59:51.the king and a leopard skin for the... The chief. That's what we
:59:52. > :59:58.expected to see there. However, the cow skins there also represent a
:59:59. > :00:03.traditional people of Qunu. So it is there... This is their man in the
:00:04. > :01:44.coffin? That's right. Let's give the children a round of
:01:45. > :01:55.applause. The deputy president of the ANC now plays his part in
:01:56. > :02:03.chairing these events. The candles represent the years of Madiba's
:02:04. > :02:09.life. This is an honour to him to remember the years he was on earth
:02:10. > :02:22.and more especially the contribution that he made to our country. We are
:02:23. > :02:26.meant to be laying him to rest at 12 midday in terms of the traditions
:02:27. > :02:37.and practices in this part of our country in Qunu. A person of his
:02:38. > :02:50.stature is meant to be laid to rest when the sun is at its highest, when
:02:51. > :02:57.the shadow is at its shortest. We will try to be out of here by the
:02:58. > :03:05.latest at 10:30am so those proceeding to the burial site can do
:03:06. > :03:11.so. Over the last nine days, and this is the 10th day, many have been
:03:12. > :03:18.engaged with memories of Madiba, what he has meant to us, the
:03:19. > :03:23.country, and the world. There has been outpouring of love and
:03:24. > :03:43.affection to Madiba. There has been celebration and mourning, but many
:03:44. > :03:49.have had time to reflect. Many people have been remembering their
:03:50. > :04:01.own Madiba moments, the times that they either met him, The Times they
:04:02. > :04:11.encountered him either visually or in other ways, The Times they got to
:04:12. > :04:14.think about him. So each one of us and millions of people around the
:04:15. > :04:21.world have had their own Madiba moment. Today we have come to lay
:04:22. > :04:31.him to rest and we laid to rest what President Zuma described as South
:04:32. > :04:35.Africa's greatest son. I think everyone will agree that today the
:04:36. > :04:43.person who lives here in South Africa's greatest son. We would like
:04:44. > :04:47.to welcome all of you here and all of those people watching the
:04:48. > :04:55.proceedings for being part of this process, and indeed for being part
:04:56. > :05:21.of Madiba's life. Among everyone paying homage to him is his family,
:05:22. > :05:27.and the deputy president of the Republic of South Africa, the former
:05:28. > :05:38.president of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki and his wife,
:05:39. > :05:41.and the former deputy president who is also here. We also acknowledge
:05:42. > :05:49.the presence of Cabinet ministers who are here, members of the
:05:50. > :05:54.National executive committee of the ruling party, the African National
:05:55. > :06:02.Congress, the traditional leaders who are also here, religious
:06:03. > :06:06.leaders, also here, the Chief Justice and members of the
:06:07. > :06:14.judiciary, the speaker of parliament, and the chairperson of
:06:15. > :06:17.the Council of National provinces, heads of security forces in our
:06:18. > :06:31.country, the leader of the opposition and other members of
:06:32. > :06:41.opposition parties, the members of the Congress of South African trade
:06:42. > :06:53.Unions, as well as veterans of our struggle who are here, leaders of
:06:54. > :07:00.the trade union movement, the leader of the SACP and leaders of
:07:01. > :07:06.business. We also have people who have travelled from various parts of
:07:07. > :07:30.the world who have come to lay Madiba to rest. We have got his
:07:31. > :07:41.Majesty the King of listening to, the president of Malawi, his
:07:42. > :07:59.Excellency the Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, his Excellency
:08:00. > :08:04.Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, we have his Royal Highness Prince
:08:05. > :08:12.Albert of Monaco, we have got his Royal Highness Prince Charles of the
:08:13. > :08:22.United Kingdom, and we have got also former heads of government and state
:08:23. > :08:49.you are here, his Excellency former vice president of Nigeria, we have
:08:50. > :09:14.got former prime ministers of France Lionel Jospin, Jens Stoltenberg from
:09:15. > :09:19.Norway, Morgan Tsvangirai, his Excellency Doctor Guy Scott, and
:09:20. > :09:24.heads of other international organisations who I will name in a
:09:25. > :09:31.little while. We would now like to move on with our programme and ask a
:09:32. > :10:12.representative of the family to come up to the stage and address us as
:10:13. > :10:16.the choir sings. Chief Matanzima is here speaking on behalf of the
:10:17. > :11:08.family, actually a cousin of Nelson Mandela.
:11:09. > :11:37.The chief is wearing a leopard skin, a signal of his rank.
:11:38. > :11:47.Can you translate what he says? He says today they are speaking over
:11:48. > :11:56.the body of Madiba, and after he has been put in the grave, they are
:11:57. > :12:19.going to salute him for the last time. Delibunga, that is the name of
:12:20. > :12:27.the leader of the council. Is that when he was coming-of-age, when he
:12:28. > :12:46.was circumcised? That's right. Mentioning the life of his
:12:47. > :13:11.ancestors. Those are all of the names of their forefathers. He is a
:13:12. > :13:40.praising him now as a strongman. He is a Thembu? Yes. He is the third
:13:41. > :13:51.house. Then he shows how the ancestors follow one another. So he
:13:52. > :14:09.is placing Mandela within the tribal system, very much within the family.
:14:10. > :14:16.That's right. Mandela's function was to bring unity between the first and
:14:17. > :14:27.the second houses, as he was from the third house. This is within the
:14:28. > :14:37.Thembu tribe? That's right. There were three houses, and Mandela
:14:38. > :14:43.reunited them, he is saying? That's right. The third house would
:14:44. > :14:50.basically the in between the first two. In other words, it accords with
:14:51. > :14:54.his tradition of bringing people together in South Africa, and it
:14:55. > :14:57.applied also within his tribe. That's right, in fact his life
:14:58. > :15:33.symbolises what he has done. He is encouraging people to take
:15:34. > :15:40.from Mandela, to unite this country. Is he going to speak in English as
:15:41. > :15:48.well, do you think? I am not sure. A glimpse of President Zuma and before
:15:49. > :16:11.that, Graca Machel, in the flamboyant black hat listening to
:16:12. > :16:15.this. He is telling the people about the negative part at the memorial
:16:16. > :16:24.service and there was that interpreter, the bogus interpreter.
:16:25. > :16:29.He complaining about that. What is he saying? That should never happen
:16:30. > :16:52.again because it spoils what Mandela has done all these years. He is
:16:53. > :17:06.saying that embarrassed as the people, among people from other
:17:07. > :17:13.places. He is praying that there should be
:17:14. > :17:27.positive change to the people here because of Mandela's spirit.
:17:28. > :17:30.He is also warning people that on the last day, the people will have
:17:31. > :17:46.to stand before God and it is only their justice that will help them.
:17:47. > :18:02.He is now expressing the awareness of gratitude to the people. Bantu
:18:03. > :18:05.meaning? To the people. Now he is asking all those who have been
:18:06. > :18:11.looking after Mandela's health to stand up. It is so they can be seen
:18:12. > :18:24.by the people. All the medical people? Yes. Nelson Mandela was
:18:25. > :18:31.looked after by doctors in Johannesburg and here in Pretoria
:18:32. > :18:43.and at his bed side for the month that he was there before he died. A
:18:44. > :18:50.nice tribute to the doctors. He is thanking them now for looking after
:18:51. > :19:08.Mandela's health during his last days.
:19:09. > :19:12.He is now thanking the family members who are staying with
:19:13. > :19:43.Mandela. Also thanking the African National
:19:44. > :19:53.Congress. For having taken care of him until he passed away. Both men
:19:54. > :20:04.and women. APPLAUSE
:20:05. > :20:30.He is thanking the President of South Africa now. For this service.
:20:31. > :20:37.He is thanking the Government for all their efforts until now.
:20:38. > :21:22.APPLAUSE He is thanking the family from where
:21:23. > :21:29.the first wife came. APPLAUSE
:21:30. > :21:54.He is now thanking the He is now thanking the family from
:21:55. > :21:58.where Winnie comes from. And for what the role Winnie played during
:21:59. > :22:08.his presence within the Mandela family.
:22:09. > :22:39.He is thanking the family for Machel family and for her role during the
:22:40. > :22:55.last days of Nelson Mandela. He is now thanking the ministers of
:22:56. > :23:01.religion. What's he saying about him? What's he saying about the
:23:02. > :23:29.ministers? He is thanking them for agreeing to be used by God to play
:23:30. > :23:36.part in this service. He now saying that Madiba has fulfilled his role.
:23:37. > :23:39.To the family and who the whole nation of that South Africa and
:23:40. > :23:56.because of that, the family members are proud of him. He has put them in
:23:57. > :24:04.the spotlight among nations. He now says he must rest in peace until
:24:05. > :24:14.they meet in the here after. That was Chief Ngangomhlaba Matanzima
:24:15. > :24:20.speaking. He will be followed by Ahmed Kathrada. He was in jail for
:24:21. > :24:28.26 years and was very close to Nelson Mandela. First, we have a
:24:29. > :24:35.list of more dignitaries being welcomed. It is a polite tradition
:24:36. > :24:42.which we saw happen also when we watched the great meeting in the
:24:43. > :24:47.stadium in Soweto on Tuesday. It is a very grand gathering, isn't it, of
:24:48. > :24:51.supporters of the ANC and people from all over the world who admire
:24:52. > :24:57.Nelson Mandela? I believe according to reports that it is the largest
:24:58. > :25:03.gathering of heads of State, Prime Ministers, as well as religious
:25:04. > :25:12.leaders and they came at very short notice. What was it about Mandela
:25:13. > :25:18.that brought all those people here, we are hearing about Equador. Why
:25:19. > :25:24.would they feel it is important for them to be here? In their countries,
:25:25. > :25:30.their presence here will be reported? With a large number of
:25:31. > :25:34.them, Mr Mandela had had relations with them. Also they had also
:25:35. > :25:39.acknowledged him from the first time he became president or even before
:25:40. > :25:44.that in many cases. Those countries had help the African National
:25:45. > :25:49.Congress so it is a combination of all of that, but also countries that
:25:50. > :25:54.weren't friends of the liberation struggle, but had respected for him
:25:55. > :26:00.what he did and the fact he helped to create the South Africa of today.
:26:01. > :26:04.You saw the way he drew people in from all different walks of life,
:26:05. > :26:13.didn't you? In your world of cricket, of course, but elsewhere? A
:26:14. > :26:19.unique phenomenon. His capacity to forgive and forgive his oppressors,
:26:20. > :26:24.not to forget, extraordinary. I think his capacity to communicate
:26:25. > :26:29.with kings, heads of State, the ordinary man in the street, the
:26:30. > :26:36.catering staff at the cricket stadium. It gave people a wonderful
:26:37. > :26:42.feeling of the future of this country. Gerry Adams from Sinn Fein
:26:43. > :26:48.mentioned there. He was at the ceremony yesterday. Oprah Winfrey.
:26:49. > :26:55.Let's hear these names. And we will continue acknowledging other people
:26:56. > :27:01.who are also present here. So Oprah Winfrey there. She is rather
:27:02. > :27:05.surprised at her mention. She worked with Nelson Mandela setting-up a
:27:06. > :27:16.children's school here in South Africa. So now it is the turn of
:27:17. > :27:20.Ahmed Kathrada. Who lived with him for a number of years both in prison
:27:21. > :27:27.and before they went to prison. Ahmed Kathrada was in jail with
:27:28. > :27:35.Madiba on Robben Island and he says the person who plays him in the
:27:36. > :27:42.Mandela movie says that Ahmed Kathrada as he is walking up the
:27:43. > :27:50.stage served 26 years of a life sentence and Madiba served 27 years
:27:51. > :27:58.and he says he got a discount of one year so here is a man who got a
:27:59. > :28:05.discount on a 20 year long prison sentence. He is going to tell us
:28:06. > :28:10.about Madiba and Madiba's life. Comrade Ahmed Kathrada, please come
:28:11. > :28:23.and address us. APPLAUSE
:28:24. > :28:40.Funeral director, Mrs Graca Machel, Mrs Winnie Mandela, the entire
:28:41. > :28:51.Mandela family, President Zuma, honourable dignitaries, former
:28:52. > :28:56.president, tab u-Mbeki. Ladies and gentlemen, the last time I saw
:28:57. > :29:03.Madiba alive, he was in -- it is when I visited him in hospital. I
:29:04. > :29:11.was filled an overwhelming mixture of sadness, emotion and pride. He
:29:12. > :29:19.tightly held my hand. It was profoundly heartbreaking and he
:29:20. > :29:24.brought all emotions in me and my mind automatically flashed back to
:29:25. > :29:33.the picture of the man with whom I grew up. How I wished I had never
:29:34. > :29:46.had to confront what I saw. I first met him 67 years ago and I recall
:29:47. > :29:54.the tall, healthy, strong man, the boxer, the prisoner who easily
:29:55. > :30:02.wielded the pick and shovel when we couldn't do so. The prisoner who
:30:03. > :30:14.vigorously exercised every morning before we were unlocked. What I saw
:30:15. > :30:26.in hospital was a man helpless and reduced to a shadow of himself. And
:30:27. > :30:47.now the inevitable has happened. He has left us to join the ANC in which
:30:48. > :30:54.he cut his political teeth, with his nonracial and nonsexist policy he
:30:55. > :31:18.practised his whole life. He has joined the 18th of Jack Symons,
:31:19. > :31:32.Helens Joseph, Professor Matthews, and others. He also joined leaders
:31:33. > :31:52.and members of other organisations outside the ANC. We are a country
:31:53. > :31:57.that has been blessed by many remarkable men and women, all of
:31:58. > :32:02.whom have played a critical role in the liberation of our country. We
:32:03. > :32:06.have been blessed by the contribution of the many different
:32:07. > :32:12.movements armed formations both inside and outside the country, who
:32:13. > :32:21.stood by us in the dark days of apartheid. We have been blessed by a
:32:22. > :32:25.struggle that actively involved the mass of people in our country. We
:32:26. > :32:39.have also been blessed by the ANC that under its leadership,
:32:40. > :32:46.proclaiming proudly that South Africa belonged by all of those who
:32:47. > :32:55.live in it, black and white. We are deeply grateful to Madiba, that
:32:56. > :33:01.today we live in a lively democracy. We are deeply grateful
:33:02. > :33:09.that dignity has been restored to all South Africans. We are deeply
:33:10. > :33:15.grateful that the lives of tenths -- tens of thousands of people continue
:33:16. > :33:22.improving, we are deeply grateful for a constitution that encompasses
:33:23. > :33:28.everything that is good in us, and a constitution that protects our
:33:29. > :33:36.freedom. We are deeply grateful to the institutions that jealously
:33:37. > :33:44.guard our constitution of democracy. Finally we are grateful to each and
:33:45. > :33:52.everyone of us who can proudly call ourselves South African. We
:33:53. > :34:01.nevertheless know that we have a long road ahead. There is poverty,
:34:02. > :34:09.hunger, disease, education, many things that are still challenges set
:34:10. > :34:24.before us. Finally, I wish to address myself to Madiba, and I
:34:25. > :34:38.don't consider him to be my friend, who was my elder brother. What do we
:34:39. > :34:48.say to you in these days? The last final moments together before you
:34:49. > :34:54.exit the public stage. Your abundant reserves of love, simplicity,
:34:55. > :35:05.honesty, service, humility, care, courage, foresight, , tolerance,
:35:06. > :35:09.equality and justice continually served as a source of enormous
:35:10. > :35:19.strength for millions of people in South Africa and the world. You
:35:20. > :35:21.symbolise today, and always will, qualities of a collective
:35:22. > :35:31.leadership, reconciliation, unity, forgiveness, nation-building, and
:35:32. > :35:38.nonracial nonsexist South Africa. In this spirit, you exemplify your life
:35:39. > :35:46.and it is up to the present generation and generations to come
:35:47. > :35:53.to continue this. It is up to them to face the challenges South Africa
:35:54. > :35:59.faces today, which I will not name. In all of these challenges, we will
:36:00. > :36:04.be guided continuously by your wisdom and by your actions. Today,
:36:05. > :36:13.mingled with our grief, is the enormous pride that one of our own
:36:14. > :36:21.house, during his lifetime, and now in your death, united the people of
:36:22. > :36:26.South Africa and an entire world on a scale never before experienced in
:36:27. > :36:39.history. Remarkably in these last few days, the messages from people
:36:40. > :36:46.from all walks of life have demonstrated how the story of your
:36:47. > :36:49.life is their story, and their story is yours. You have captured this
:36:50. > :37:00.relationship beautifully on the occasion of the death of our Father.
:37:01. > :37:07.We share the joy of the living and the pain. Together we shared ideas,
:37:08. > :37:14.forged common commitments. We walk side-by-side through the valley of
:37:15. > :37:27.death, nursing each other's bruises, holding each other up. Together we
:37:28. > :37:35.savoured the taste of freedom. Two Mrs Graca Machel, members of the
:37:36. > :37:41.Mandela family, we wish there was a way we could use your grief and
:37:42. > :37:51.pain. The last few months have been particularly hard we trust that you
:37:52. > :37:55.will be able to find the piece you so much deserve. We mourn with you
:37:56. > :38:03.and wish you strength at this time of need. Madiba, we may be drowned
:38:04. > :38:09.in sorrow and grief but we are mostly proud and grateful that after
:38:10. > :38:13.the long walk paved with obstacles and suffering, we can salute you as
:38:14. > :38:32.a fighter for freedom in the end. Farewell, my dear brother, my
:38:33. > :38:45.mentor, my leader. When Walter died, I lost a father, and now I have lost
:38:46. > :38:53.a brother. My life is in a void and I don't know who to turn to. Thank
:38:54. > :38:59.you very much. Very moving tribute by one of the most admired members
:39:00. > :39:04.of the ANC who spent over 26 years in Robben Island in jail alongside
:39:05. > :39:30.Nelson Mandela, whom he called his older brother, and referring to
:39:31. > :39:48.Walter Sisulu. We will now call upon the choir to lead us in the hymn,
:39:49. > :39:58.Jerusalem. This is not the Jerusalem hymn that the people in Britain will
:39:59. > :40:04.no. " You bring happiness to my heart. If I marry you, I will be the
:40:05. > :40:21.happiest man... " We ask that the choir will sing when
:40:22. > :42:15.the obituary is being read. It is with deep sadness that the
:42:16. > :42:23.government and the world has learned of the passing of the father of
:42:24. > :42:32.South Africa's democracy. Nelson Mandela passed on peacefully in the
:42:33. > :42:37.company of his family on the 5th of December 2013. The man who became
:42:38. > :42:48.one of the world's greatest icons was born in July 1918. His father
:42:49. > :43:01.was a key consular adviser to the Thembu royal house. After his
:43:02. > :43:05.father's death in 1927, it was at the Thembu Royal homestead that his
:43:06. > :43:10.personality and political views were shaped. There can be no doubt the
:43:11. > :43:16.young man went on to bring about some of the most remarkable changes
:43:17. > :43:31.in history and politics. I should just explain this is one of Nelson
:43:32. > :43:56.Mandela's grandsons the sum of evil in. The story of South Africa. When
:43:57. > :44:01.he was... -- son of Evelyn. The young Nelson Mandela qualified and
:44:02. > :44:14.practised as a lawyer, opening the first black legal practice in
:44:15. > :44:26.Johannesburg. In 1945, he was married for 14 years. The couple
:44:27. > :44:31.divorced in 1958. That was instrumental in the formation of the
:44:32. > :44:43.radical ANC youth league in the 1940s which was determined to change
:44:44. > :44:49.the face of politics. He became president in 1952. He became deeply
:44:50. > :44:57.involved in activism, rallying for political change. He was a key
:44:58. > :45:00.player in the ANC's Campaign for the Defiance of Unjust Laws in 1952 and
:45:01. > :45:02.the Treason Trial in 1961. During this time he was incarcerated
:45:03. > :45:15.several times under the apartheid laws and banned from political
:45:16. > :45:18.activity. Realising that the ANC needed to prepare for more intensive
:45:19. > :45:21.struggle, he became an instrumental force behind the formation of a new
:45:22. > :45:24.section of the liberation movement, Umkhonto we Sizwe, as an armed
:45:25. > :45:31.nucleus with a view to preparing for armed struggle. Mandela was
:45:32. > :45:34.commander-in-chief of MK. On 14 June 1958 Mandela and Winnie Madikizela
:45:35. > :45:40.were married at a local Bizana church. They had two children,
:45:41. > :45:48.Zenani (1958) and Zindziswa (1960). In April 1992 they were separated
:45:49. > :45:50.and finally divorced in 1996. He left the country in 1962 and
:45:51. > :45:56.travelled abroad to arrange guerrilla training for members of
:45:57. > :46:00.MK. On his return to South Africa he was arrested for illegal exiting the
:46:01. > :46:04.country and incitement to strike. Mandela decided to represent himself
:46:05. > :46:08.in court. While on trial, Mandela was charged with sabotage in the
:46:09. > :46:15.Rivonia Trial. This is his famous statement from the dock made in
:46:16. > :46:20.1964: "I have fought against white domination, and I have fought
:46:21. > :46:23.against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic
:46:24. > :46:29.and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and
:46:30. > :46:33.with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and
:46:34. > :46:39.to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to
:46:40. > :46:42.die." In the same year Mandela and the other accused were sentenced to
:46:43. > :46:46.life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial and sent to Robben Island,
:46:47. > :46:49.near Cape Town. While in prison, Mandela rejected offers made by his
:46:50. > :46:53.jailers to be released on condition that he renounced violence.
:46:54. > :46:58."Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Only free men can
:46:59. > :47:01.negotiate," he said. He served a total of 27 years in prison for his
:47:02. > :47:07.conviction to fight apartheid and its injustices. Released on 11
:47:08. > :47:10.February 1990, Mandela plunged wholeheartedly into his life's work,
:47:11. > :47:19.striving to attain the goals he and others had set out almost four
:47:20. > :47:22.decades earlier. In 1991, at the first national conference of the ANC
:47:23. > :47:25.held inside South Africa after being banned for decades, Mandela was
:47:26. > :47:27.elected President of the ANC while his lifelong friend and colleague,
:47:28. > :47:41.Oliver Tambo, became the organisation's National Chairperson.
:47:42. > :47:44.In a life that symbolises the triumph of the human spirit, Mandela
:47:45. > :47:47.accepted the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize (along with FW de Klerk) on behalf
:47:48. > :47:56.of all South Africans who suffered and sacrificed so much to bring
:47:57. > :47:59.peace to our land. The era of apartheid formally came to an end on
:48:00. > :48:04.the April 27, 1994, when Mandela voted for the first time in his life
:48:05. > :48:07.- along with his people. However, long before that date it had become
:48:08. > :48:10.clear, even before the start of negotiations at the World Trade
:48:11. > :48:19.Centre in Kempton Park, that the ANC was increasingly charting the future
:48:20. > :48:22.of South Africa. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was inaugurated as President
:48:23. > :48:28.of a democratic South Africa on 10 May 1994. This world icon worked
:48:29. > :48:34.tirelessly even after the achievement of democracy in South
:48:35. > :48:36.Africa to continue improving lives. Even as he retired from politics,
:48:37. > :48:42.his attention shifted to social issues such as HIV and AIDS and the
:48:43. > :48:45.wellbeing of the nation's children. As a testimony to his sharp
:48:46. > :48:48.political intellect, wisdom and unrelenting commitment to make the
:48:49. > :48:51.world a better place, Mandela formed the prestigious group called The
:48:52. > :48:53.Elders - an independent group of eminent global leaders, who offer
:48:54. > :48:55.their collective influence and experience to support peace
:48:56. > :49:09.building, help address major causes of human suffering and promote the
:49:10. > :49:12.shared interests of humanity. Mandela is survived by his wife
:49:13. > :49:41.Graca, three daughters and 18 grandchildren.
:49:42. > :49:46.CHOIR: # God be with you till we meet
:49:47. > :49:56.again. # We now call upon Nandi Mandela to
:49:57. > :49:58.pay a tribute representing the children and grandchildren of
:49:59. > :50:14.Madiba. DAVID DIMBLEBY: Nandi is the
:50:15. > :50:22.granddaughter of Nelson Mandela. The honourable President, Jacob Zuma,
:50:23. > :50:28.the Royalty present here today, heads of state and diplomatic corps,
:50:29. > :50:34.religious leaders, distinguished guests, Programme Director, ladies
:50:35. > :50:46.and gentlemen. I stand here today and I'm humbled to be the one to be
:50:47. > :50:51.presenting all of Madiba's children, grandchildren and
:50:52. > :50:54.great-grandchildren. Africans and people around the world, we are
:50:55. > :51:01.proud of his achievements and we want to make him proud. He was a
:51:02. > :51:08.true leader who led by example. He was a true servant of the people.
:51:09. > :51:14.His mission in life was to make the lives of the underprivileged better.
:51:15. > :51:20.Like everyone who has been touched by him, we have learned some
:51:21. > :51:25.valuable lessons from him and I would like to share some of those
:51:26. > :51:31.lessons. He truly cared for his family and children. He shared what
:51:32. > :51:41.we had as best as possible with all those that he loved. He provided for
:51:42. > :51:48.his family. He took it upon himself to make sure that all of them had a
:51:49. > :51:53.good education. For many years in Qunu, during his presidency, and
:51:54. > :51:57.after he stepped down, he made sure that the children of Qunu had a
:51:58. > :52:04.beautiful Christmas. They came in thousands to his home and he made
:52:05. > :52:10.sure each one of those children received a gift and a meal. And the
:52:11. > :52:17.numbers grew and it became almost impossible for him to cater from his
:52:18. > :52:22.own pocket. Businesses around the Eastern Cape contributed food and
:52:23. > :52:34.gifts. His Eoin Jess Church of kindness made all those around him
:52:35. > :52:43.-- his own gesture of kindness made all those around him want to do
:52:44. > :52:48.good. He commanded respect. The country was on a knife-edge and
:52:49. > :52:55.could have easily slid into a civil war. He pleaded with the country,
:52:56. > :53:01.black and white, to remain calm and the people listened because they
:53:02. > :53:07.respected him. He was truly humble and remained accountable throughout
:53:08. > :53:15.his life. This made it possible for him to make other people
:53:16. > :53:19.accountable. During his presidency, he was taken to court. There was no
:53:20. > :53:24.need for him to do this, or subject himself to this. But he was prepared
:53:25. > :53:30.to be subjected to the rule of law. This provided us with two lessons -
:53:31. > :53:44.a lesson in humility and a lesson in accountability. People always talk
:53:45. > :53:49.about his achievement and his serious side Tatamkhulu. Was a lot
:53:50. > :53:54.of fun to be around. During the past year, we truly miss hearing his
:53:55. > :53:58.voice. At dinner, he liked telling stories about his childhood and he
:53:59. > :54:02.preferred the one where he would poke fun at himself. One of his
:54:03. > :54:08.favourite stories was of him chasing a piece of chicken with a fork at a
:54:09. > :54:16.dinner table with a family of a girl that he wanted as his girlfriend. He
:54:17. > :54:24.would say - and we have heard this story many times - "Jee whizz, man,
:54:25. > :54:28.every time I stabbed the chicken it jumped and I was sweating and
:54:29. > :54:35.embarrassed because I wanted to impress this young girl." He laughed
:54:36. > :54:42.Hartley as he reminisced about his youthful days. Another side of
:54:43. > :54:53.Tatamkhulu that most people don't know about is his mischief. One
:54:54. > :55:00.story comes to mind. We were sitting at a table waiting for lunch to be
:55:01. > :55:06.served. In came a young lady. With a mischievous smile and a twinkle in
:55:07. > :55:14.his eyes, he asked, "So, young lady, what do you think of my grandson?"
:55:15. > :55:23.LAUGHTER "Don't you think he is handsome?" She replied, "No, papa, I
:55:24. > :55:28.think he is too young for me!" He retorted, "In the African tradition,
:55:29. > :55:37.a man can never be seen as younger than a woman!" He was also a very
:55:38. > :55:41.strict grandfather. He made my younger cousins pick up clothes
:55:42. > :55:48.after they had finished preparing for school, or for bed. He was a
:55:49. > :55:53.disciplinarian who reprayered us to be better people in our -- prepared
:55:54. > :55:59.us to be better people in our lives, with or without him. Tatamkhulu
:56:00. > :56:04.cared for the less privilege. He set up the Children's Foundation so that
:56:05. > :56:08.his legacy of caring for the future of our country can continue. He
:56:09. > :56:14.encouraged captains of industry to build schools and clinics throughout
:56:15. > :56:19.rural areas of South Africa. He recognised, he embraced, he
:56:20. > :56:28.celebrated humanity in every single person that he encountered. At a
:56:29. > :56:32.formal dinner hosted by businesses, he stunned his hosts when he
:56:33. > :56:37.requested to greet the staff who prepared the food for the banquet.
:56:38. > :56:40.Everything had to stop. He was escorted to the kitchen and he shook
:56:41. > :56:43.the hands of all staff members. That is the humility of the man that we
:56:44. > :56:56.see lying in front of us. One of the greatest lessons is a
:56:57. > :57:01.story of his own life. A story of resilience. Besides his political
:57:02. > :57:08.career, which does not need to be retold, here lies a world-renowned
:57:09. > :57:18.leader, a son of Africa who grew up from these rolling hills. He went to
:57:19. > :57:21.school in bare feet and he rose to the highest office of the land. He
:57:22. > :57:26.became the President of South Africa and the greatest statesman in the
:57:27. > :57:32.world. This is a message communicated all the time. It does
:57:33. > :57:35.not matter what a background is, or your circumstances, it is within
:57:36. > :57:39.each of us to achieve anything we want in life.
:57:40. > :57:51.These are just some of the many stories we have learnt from him. As
:57:52. > :57:57.a head of our family and as a leader. We shall miss you,
:57:58. > :58:01.Tatamkhulu. We shall miss your voice when you were not pleased with our
:58:02. > :58:05.behaviour. We shall miss your voice as you told us stories of your
:58:06. > :58:11.childhood. We shall miss your laughter. We will carry lessons you
:58:12. > :58:17.taught us throughout our lives as we make you proud. As South Africans,
:58:18. > :58:21.we must stop pointing fingers, but rather we must lead by example, as
:58:22. > :58:23.you did, and do something positive for South Africa.
:58:24. > :58:35.Your love for children was immeasurable. We love you,
:58:36. > :59:03.Tatamkhulu. She is rementioning the clan praise
:59:04. > :59:09.names. The clan praise names? Yes. Thank you. A very affectionate
:59:10. > :59:29.tribute to her grandfather by Nandi Mandela. She is thanking the girl.
:59:30. > :59:31.Hoping that Mandela is also happy to see his granddaughter talking to