State protocol sets out Mandela funeral procedures | National | BDlive: "FORMER president Nelson Mandela, who died in Johannesburg on Thursday at the age of 95, will receive a state funeral, expected to take place in his home village of Qunu in the Eastern Cape.Full arrangements will not be known until officials in the Presidency have consulted the former president’s family, but his death triggers a series of automatic processes.
The formal announcement of his death, according to state protocol, was made by President Jacob Zuma from the Union Buildings just before midnight on Thursday.
During the period of mourning that follows, government buildings will fly their flags at half-mast. This official mourning period does not signify public holidays and there will be no instruction to businesses to close. Employees will need their employers’ permission to leave work to pay their respects to the body lying in state."
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