Events are being held across South Africa to mark one year
since the death of Nelson Mandela, including a wreath-laying ceremony and a
cricket match.
Anti-apartheid movement veterans joined Mr Mandela's widow,
Graca Machel, at a remembrance service in Pretoria.
Sirens and vuvuzelas sounded across the country before a
commemorative three minutes' silence was held.
There was a worldwide outpouring of grief when South
Africa's first black president died a year ago aged 95.
Mr Mandela, also known by his clan name of Madiba, spent 27
years in prison for fighting white-minority rule in South Africa.
“The body gave in but Madiba's spirit never, never changed,
it was always the same until the end”
Graca Machel
Nelson Mandela's widow
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