The public has gathered in Pretoria to catch a glimpse of the body of former president Nelson Mandela, as it lays in state at the Union Buildings.
South Africans have been forgotten in government’s quest to give the world a memorial for Nelson Mandela that was meant to impress internationals.
Members of the public have been invited to form a guard of honour for Madiba when his body is transported to lay in state at the Union Buildings.
On the final instalment of M&G Newsroom for 2013, Mandela family spokesperson General Themba Matanzima tells us about Madiba the family man.
We asked people at the memorial at FNB Stadium whether they think Madiba would have been happy with the way government has been running South Africa.
Away from the crowds, cameras and politicking at FNB Stadium, mourners at Ellis Park braved the wind and rain in a "sacrifice of gratitude" to Madiba.
Gunmen have killed five Kenyan police officers in the latest attack in the troubled northeast border region close to war-torn Somalia.
Same-sex marriages in England and Wales can be held from March 29 next year, announced Britain’s equalities minister Maria Miller.
Mac Maharaj has brushed off the heckling of President Jacob Zuma by sections of the crowd at Nelson Mandela’s memorial, saying it was over quickly.
French President François Hollande went to the Central African Republic where an operation to disarm rogue rebels has killed two French soliders.