MARAIS PAMOJA NA MAELFU YA WATU KUMFANYIA MISA NELSON MANDELA

Maelfu ya watu tayari wameshawasili kwenye uwanja wa FNB ambao upo karibu na jiji lala Johannesburg tayari kwa kufanya kumbukumbu kwa Nelson Mandela. Rais wa Marekani Barack Obama, Secretary wa Umoja Wamataifa (Ban Ki-moon), Rais wa Brazil (Dilma Rousseff), Waziri mkuu wa Uingereza (David Cameron), former British Prime Ministers (Gordon Brown), Tony Blair and John Major, Marais wastaafu watatu wa Marekani (George W Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter), Rais wa Tanzania (Jakaya Kikwete), Rais wa Cuba ( Raul Castro) na Marais wengine wanatarajiwa kuwasili kwenye uwanja tayari kwa kumfanyia misa Nelson Mandela.
Umati wa watu utakaofika kwenye viwanja hivyo utaongozwa na Rais wa Afrika Ya Kusini (Jacob Zuma). Watu ambao watatoa maelezo kidogo kuhusiniana na Nelson Mandela ni Watoto wa Mandela na Andrew Mlangeni ambaye alikuwa ni rafiki mkubwa wa Nelson Mandela pindi alipokuwa gerezani

Jovial: Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left) and retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu appear in good spirits as they arrive for the service

Respect: Nelson Mandela is shown on a giant screen inside the stadium as thousands of South Africans and global dignitaries file into the ground

Lines of succession: Obama led the Americans, followed by Michelle, then former President George Bush, Laura Bush, and Hillary Clinton seen just slightly at the end

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (left) is greeted after arriving for the memorial service in Johannesburg
Nelson Mandela