Crowds of people are still thronging the streets in South Africa to mourn the death of Nelson Mandela, more than 24 hours after it was announced. There are thousands of people gathered next to the small brick-house where Nelson Mandela lived in at late 50s and 1960s. In the middle of the street, people are singing anti-apartheid songs
and lighting candles.

The anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela who passed away in Johannesburg on Thursday night will be accorded a state funeral on 15th December. This was announced by the South African President Jacob Zuma. He said state funeral would take place in Mandela's ancestral home of Qunu in Eastern Cape Province.

The official memorial service to Nelson Mandela will be held on 10th December at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg. Thereafter his mortal remains will lie in state at the Union building in Pretoria where he served as the first President of a Democratic South Africa.

India has declared a five-day state mourning as a mark of respect to the anti-apartheid icon. National Flag will fly at
half-mast during the mourning till 10th December throughout the country and there will be no official entertainment during this period. New Delhi will send a high level delegation at the funeral of the departed leader.

The President, the Prime Minister and various other leaders have mourned the death of Nelson Mandela.

The White House has announced that President Barack Obama and his wife will travel to South Africa next week to join the memorial services. The Empire State Building in New York is shining its starlights in the colours of the South African flag.