Mandela's body will lie in state for 3 days ahead of the funeral and will be burried on Sunday. Thousands of people lined the streets on Wednesday as Nelson Mandela's funeral cortage proceeded through the streets of Pretoria. Mandela's body will lie to the Union buildings where he was sworn in as the country's first democratically elected president almost 20 years ago. The public will be able to view Mandela's body arrived in a glass sided back hearse however no cameras or cell phones are permitted. Over 100 current and former heads of sate, kings, queens and celebrities arrived in South Africa to pay their respects of the global icon. Nelson Mandela will be burried next to his children in Qunu in the Eastern Cape as he wished.
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