{"id":93750,"date":"2017-05-28T02:34:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-28T00:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/flame-extinguished-at-mandela-museum-family-friend-on-funeral-service\/"},"modified":"2017-05-28T02:34:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T00:34:53","slug":"flame-extinguished-at-mandela-museum-family-friend-on-funeral-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/flame-extinguished-at-mandela-museum-family-friend-on-funeral-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Flame extinguished at Mandela museum, family friend on funeral service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/flame-extinguished-at-mandela-museum-family-friend-on-funeral-service\/\">Flame extinguished at Mandela museum, family friend on funeral service<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p>A MyJHB.co.za selected <strong>Nelson Mandela Museum<\/strong> video for you:<br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wfCe13CPpiY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/> Bayanda Nyengule, the head of the Nelson Mandela Museum in Qunu, said on Sunday that the sight of Mandela&#8217;s coffin being lowered into the ground hit him hard.<br \/> Nyengule was was one of those who attended the private burial in Qunu, the rural village in eastern South Africa that was Mandela&#8217;s childhood home.<br \/> &#8220;I realised that the old man is no more, no more with us,&#8221; Nyengule said.<br \/> As mourners began to leave after the funeral, a friend of the Mandela family who had been present at the service said she was also struck by the sight of the casket being lowered into the earth.<br \/> &#8220;The whole week, we&#8217;ve been celebrating his life but today after that speech from Kathrada and just watching that coffin going down, being lowered into the ground, was&#8230; I don&#8217;t know, that&#8217;s when reality sort of hit that he&#8217;s really gone,&#8221; said Thato Pekeche.<br \/> South African television showed Mandela&#8217;s casket at the family gravesite, but the broadcast went to a different scene just before the coffin was lowered at the request of the Mandela family.<br \/> It was South Africa&#8217;s final goodbye to the man who reconciled the country in its most volatile period.<br \/> Earlier, more than 4,000 gathered for a funeral service in a huge tent at the family compound.<br \/> Mandela died on December 5 at the age of 95 after a long illness.<\/p>\n<p>You can license this story through AP Archive: http:\/\/www.aparchive.com\/metadata\/youtube\/3cb015eec197c7973a94173d26cb073b<br \/> Find out more about AP Archive: http:\/\/www.aparchive.com\/HowWeWork<\/p>\n<p style=\"float: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Flame extinguished at Mandela museum, family friend on funeral service\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/wfCe13CPpiY\/default.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE to submit your favourite Johannesburg video.<\/p>\n<p>Submit your Press Release Video on MyPR &#8211; Work smarter and get WP Robot for WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the MyPE YouTube Channel.<\/p>\n<p><small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/flame-extinguished-at-mandela-museum-family-friend-on-funeral-service\/\">MyJHB<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\">MyJHB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join the fun:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/add-your-event\/\">Add Your event<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mypr.co.za\/submit\">Submit a Press Release<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/directory\/\">Add your listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flame extinguished at Mandela museum, family friend on funeral service: A MyJHB.co.za selected Nelson Mandela Museum video for you: Bayanda Nyengule, the head of the Nelson Mandela Museum in Qunu, said on Sunday that the sight of Mandela&#8217;s coffin being lowered into the ground hit him hard. 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