Members of the African
National Congress have been paying final tributes to Nelson Mandela at a
ceremony ahead of Sunday's funeral.
President Jacob Zuma and other ANC leaders attended the ceremony at a Pretoria airbase.Mr Mandela's coffin, draped with the ANC flag, was taken there from a mortuary in the city.
After the farewell ceremony, the coffin will be taken to Mr Mandela's ancestral home in Qunu, in the Eastern Cape
At least 100,000 people saw the former South African president's body lying in state in Pretoria over the last three days, but some had to be turned away.
The 95-year-old former leader died on 5 December.
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