Day of 'prayer and reflection' in South Africa for Mandela
South African president Jacob Zuma has lead tributes to Nelson Mandela at a church service in Johannesburg. Mandela's funeral will take place on Sunday 15th December in Qunu, Eastern Cape.
- Nicky Russell-Smith, ITV News producer
Clapping, drums and bells at Mandela church service
The church congregation is singing traditional songs, clapping, banging drums and ringing bells and whistling as Zuma and the Mandela family walk down the church aisle - this is a church service Africa-style.
The congregation greets each other in Xhosa: Kgotso ebe le wena - or "peace be with you".
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