Candles are lit under a portrait of Nelson Mandela before his funeral ceremony in Qunu. Picture: Odd Andersen/AFP
Candles are lit under a portrait of Nelson Mandela before his funeral ceremony in Qunu. Picture: Odd Andersen/AFP
A military helicopter patrols the area as the hearse carrying the coffin of Nelson Mandela is escorted by a funeral procession after entering his home in Qunu. Photo: Siegfried Modola/AFP
Women walk to a public viewing point near the burial ground of Nelson Mandela ahead of his funeral in Qunu. Photo: Rogan Ward/AFP
Mourners arrive for the funeral of Nelson Mandela at his ancestral village of Qunu. Photo: Siphiwe Sibeko/AFP
ANC members cheer before the funeral ceremony of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP
ANC supporters attend the funeral ceremony of former president Nelson Mandela in Qunu. ODD ANDERSEN/Photo: AFP
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki is greeted by the ANC as he arrives for the funeral ceremony of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and Thabo Mbeki greet each other before the funeral ceremony of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP
Britain's Prince Charles (L) arrives for the funeral ceremony of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP
Britain's Prince Charlesarrives at the funeral ceremony of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams is seated before the funeral ceremony of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP
The coffin of Nelson Mandela is escorted as he arrives for his funeral ceremony in Qunu. Photo: PEDRO UGARTE/AFP
The coffin of Nelson Mandela is escorted as it arrives for the funeral ceremony in Qunu. Photo: PEDRO UGARTE
The coffin of Nelson Mandela is escorted as it arrives for the funeral ceremony in Qunu. Photo: PEDRO UGARTE/AFP
Anti-apartheid activist and close friend of Nelson Mandela, Ahmed Kathrada (R), speaks with former president Thabo Mbeki (L) as they arrive for the funeral ceremony of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP
Local women at a public viewing point near the burial ground of Nelson Mandela ahead of his funeral in Qunu. Photo: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
Local women prepare a traditional lunch inside a public viewing point near the burial ground of Nelson Mandela ahead of his funeral in Qunu. Photo: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
Local women at a public viewing point near the burial ground of Nelson Mandela ahead of his funeral in Qunu. Photo: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
The coffin of Nelson Mandela is seen during his funeral ceremony in Qunu. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN
Winnie Mandela Madikizela (L), Gra�a Machell (C), stand at the coffin of Nelson Mandela during his funeral ceremony in Qunu. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP
President Jacob Zuma, Winnie Mandela Madikizela and Gra�a Machel sit by the coffin of Nelson Mandela during his funeral ceremony in Qunu. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN
Officers leave a frame on the coffin of Nelson Mandela during his funeral ceremony in Qunu. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows Oprah Winfrey, her partner Stedman Graham (L) and Richard Branson (R) at the funeral service of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: AFP / SABC
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows traditional tribal chief Ngangomhlaba Matanzima during the funeral service of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: AFP/SABC
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa speaking during the funeral service of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: AFP/ SABC
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa speaking during the funeral service of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: AFP/ SABC
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows the funeral service of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: AFP/ SABC
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows anti-apartheid activist and close friend of Nelson Mandela, Ahmed Kathrada, talking during the funeral service of late Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: AFP/ SABC
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows Ahmed Kathrada speaking during the funeral service of late Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: AFP/ SABC
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows the coffin of Nelson Mandela draped in a South African flag during the funeral service in Qunu.
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, President Jacob Zuma and Graca Machel during the funeral service of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: AFP/ SABC
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows Winnie Madikizela-Mandela during the funeral service of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. File photo: AFP/ SABC
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows widow Graca Machel during the funeral service of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: AFP/SABC
Graca Machel wipes her tears during the funeral ceremony of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows grandson Mandla Mandela at the funeral service of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: AFP/SABC
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows Ndaba Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, during the funeral service Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: AFP/SABC
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows the granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, Nandi Mandela, during the funeral service in Qunu. Photo: AFP/SABC
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows Oprah Winfrey during the funeral service of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: AFP/ SABC
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows African Union chairman and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn talking during the funeral service of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: AFP/SABC
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows Malawi's President Joyce Banda talking during the funeral service of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: AFP/SABC
Mnikelo Ndagankulu is draped in a flag as he sits on a hill overlooking the place where Nelson Mandela will be laid to rest in Qunu. Photo: ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete speaking during the funeral service of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: AFP/SABC
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows French former Prime Ministers Alain Juppe (C) and Lionel Jospin (2nd R) listening to speeches during the funeral service of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: AFP/ SABC
Nelson Mandela's daughter, Zindzi (L), during the funeral of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP
Nelson Mandela's daughter, Makaziwe Mandela (C), during the funeral ceremony in Qunu. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows President Jacob Zuma speaking during the funeral service of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: AFP PHOTO / SABC
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows Zambia's President Kenneth David Kaunda speaking during the funeral service for Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: AFP/SABC
King Letsie of Lesotho (L), Thabo Mbeki and his wife Zanele, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe and his partner Gugu Maseko during the funeral of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: GICS/ EDMOND JIYANE/AFP
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows Thabo Mbeki during the funeral service for Nelson Mandela in his childhood village of Qunu. Photo: AFP/ SABC
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows Bishop Ziphozihle Siwa speaking during the funeral service of Nelson Mandela in Qunu on December 15, 2013. Mandela will be buried near the homestead. Photo: AFP/ SABC
President Jacob Zuma, Winnie Mandela and Graca Machel during the funeral of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: Odd Andersen/Reuters
Mourners watch the funeral of Nelson Mandela on TV in Soweto. Photo: Mike Hutchings/Reuters
President Jacob Zuma speaks during the funeral ceremony of Nelson Mandela in Qunu. Photo: Odd Andersen/Reuters
The coffin of Nelson Mandela leaves the makeshift tent in Qunu. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP
The coffin of Nelson Mandela leaves the funeral ceremony for a traditional burial in Qunu. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP
A screengrab taken from the South African Broadcasting Corporation live feed shows members of the military transporting the coffin of Nelson Mandela to his grave in Qunu. Photo AFP/SABC
The coffin of South African former president Nelson Mandela is carried to the burial sitel in Qunu . Photo: ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP
A screengrab taken from the SABC live feed shows members of the South African armed forces standing around the coffin of Nelson Mandela before it is lowered into the grave. Photo: AFP/SABC
Published Dec 15, 2013
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After 10-days of mourning, South Africa and the world will say their final goodbyes to Nelson Mandela.
About 5000 people were expected to attend the funeral in Qunu, where he spent much of his childhood.
After the state funeral, the AbaThembu will receive the body to bury it according to royal protocol.
Mandela will be buried next to his relatives at the family gravesite in a private and more intimate ceremony.
* This gallery will be updated as we receive more pictures.
