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Rev. Jesse Jackson almost missed Mandela’s funeral

PRETORIA, South Africa – Jesse Jackson left the Southern Sun Hotel in downtown Pretoria shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday, expecting it would take less...

Past and present converge at Mandela’s burial

QUNU, South Africa (NNPA) – With a rich mixture of ceremonial military pomp and ancient tribal customs, Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first democratically elected...

Nelson Mandela buried in rolling hills of South Africa

QUNU, South Africa (AP) — His flag-draped casket resting on a carpet of animal skins, Nelson Mandela was laid to rest Sunday in the...

Traditional tribal rituals at Mandela's funeral

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An ox is slaughtered, the deceased is wrapped in a lion skin and a family elder keeps talking to the body's...

From Detroit to destiny: My time with Mandela

(CNN) -- It was a quiet Sunday morning in Johannesburg and I was photographing people who were registering to vote. It was my third...

South Africans of all faiths pray for Mandela

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — In death, Nelson Mandela unified South Africans of all races and backgrounds Sunday on a day of prayer...

Mandela's jailer praises the anti-apartheid icon

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — He was with Nelson Mandela during all those years the anti-apartheid icon was imprisoned on Robben Island. And,...

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