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Thousands of South African police officers will be on hand at a ceremony honoring Nelson Mandela in a Soweto soccer stadium, and authorities will block access to the site if crowds become too large, officials said Monday.

Presidents, religious leaders and cultural figureheads from all corners of the world are expected for the funeral, which will see a cortege with Mandela's coffin pass through the streets of Pretoria on three consecutive days.

More than 20 members of the U.S. House, mostly Democrats, and Republican Sen. Ted Cruz will travel to South Africa to honor and commemorate former South African president and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela.

The Molefo family came from Pretoria to Soweto, the black township where they once lived, to honor Nelson Mandela outside the home on Vilakazi Street where he lived before going to prison in 1963.

In death, Nelson Mandela unified South Africans of all races and backgrounds Sunday on a day of prayer for the global statesman - from a vaulted cathedral with hymns and incense to a rural, hilltop church with goat-skin drums and barefoot dancing.

Rick Clark , the sheriff of Pickens County, South Carolina, is refusing to lower the flag to half-staff to honor the life of Nelson Mandela , publicly defying the orders of President Barack Obama .

Subway: A thousand choices! Waiter: Hello! What can I do for you today? Me: Hi, a sub please.

Some people don't celebrate something like this, but these people were celebrating his life.

It is public art made of private wishes. In a phenomenon spreading across the globe, oversized blackboards, painted on buildings and freestanding displays, invite passers-by to complete the sentence: "Before I die I want to ..." Answers, some profound, some profane, are written on stenciled lines with pieces of sidewalk chalk picked from the ... (more)

Mandela's passing has provoked a huge outpouring of emotion among NZ-based South Africans, an expat says.

A silver and blue plaque with the words "Mandela's Place" mounted on the brick wall of a small, dilapidated row house is the only recognition of the world-famous statesman who once lived there: Nelson Mandela.

A COUNTY Limerick nun who spent almost six decades working in South Africa was one of over 200 returned missionaries honoured at a special ceremony in Dublin.

Nelson Mandela smiles during a lunch to Benefit the Mandela Children's Foundation as part of the celebrations of the opening of the new One&Only Cape Town resort on April 3, 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa.

The grief over Nelson Mandela's death continues to reverberate in the UK, even as mourners in South Africa spent a second night on the streets to pay tribute to their beloved leader.

The Westboro Baptist Church didn't waste any time with its announcement to picket Nelson Mandela 's funeral.

As the world celebrates the life of Nelson Mandela, those closest to him are remembering the civil rights icon in a special way.

South Africans are mourning anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who died Thursday at the age of 95 after a long illness.

The South African flag flies at half-staff as flowers and candles are placed at the foot of a statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela at the South African embassy in Washington on December 6, 2013.

One of Helston's keenest minds, with a vast knowledge of the town's business history, has died at the age of 97. Mr Jenkin, from Trevenen Road, was known for his keen interest in how Helston's businesses had changed over the years.

At this controversial South Africa hotel, guests stay in a re-creation of the shacks inhabited by the poor.