From the villages they trek to say farewell

From the villages they trek to say farewell - South Africa | IOL News | IOL.co.za: "Eulogised throughout the week as a global icon, statesman, father of the nation, ANC leader, the commander-in-chief of both the SANDF and MK, on Sunday, the son of Qunu, the chief of Mvezo is home for his final rest.

It was in this part of the world that the first black president was born, and it is here that the village becomes the gateway to his legacy for all the world.

His gravesite is perched atop a hill on his expansive Qunu farm estate and he will be laid to his final rest on Sunday near his son Makgatho Mandela - Mandla Mandela’s father - Madiba’s eldest son Thembekile and Mandela’s first daughter Makaziwe.

It is here in Qunu that the sound of sadness could be heard. It is here that his journey comes full circle. Even though the villagers welcomed their chief, it was the commander-in-chief who took off at Waterkloof Air Force Base and landed at Mthatha airport. The man of peace, the reconciler, was sent off not by men of the cloth, but by the generals of the armed forces."

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