WORLD LEADERS ATTENDING NELSON MANDELA'S MEMORIAL SERVICE

US president, Barack Obama, Raul Castro from Cuba, Zimbabwean Robert Mugabe British prime minister David Cameron will also be at the FNB stadium to pay tribute to the late south-African icon, Nelson Mandela.... the 95000 ccapacity stadium is going to be filled up today i learnt that two other stadiums will also be set free for the event,.... we all know that our dear president ia lso there with them. what amazes me now is that no delegation from Israel.. Tony Blair, Britain's  former prime minister will also be around.


"tomorrow, people should all be honouring their relationship with madiba if it means shaking hands with their enemy, yes, i would like to see that... Zelda la grange, mandela's assistant for more than a decade told reporters..
"mandela brought people together despite their differences.

the ceremony will last for seven hours at the gigantic bowl-shaped soccer-cuty, a stadium steeped in mandela's history.

it was in that stadium that he made his last public appearance three years ago in the world cup final which Spain won.