In pictures: Mandela's body arrives at the Union Buildings in Pretoria

 

Iwona Karbowska
Wednesday 11 December 2013 13:57 GMT
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The cortege transporting the body of former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Mandela left the capital's main military hospital en route to the Union Buildings, where he will lie in state. Thousands of people lined the streets as a procession of police motorcycles lead the black hearse carrying Mandela's coffin, which was draped in the South African flag.

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