Nelson Mandela's Body Arrives for viewing in South Africa Wednesday Dec 11,2013

Motorcycle-riding police officers escorted the casket from 1 Military Hospital outside of Pretoria to the Union Buildings, once a symbol of the white-dominated government in the country. When Nelson Mandela took office, he used the building as his offices and the presidency is still located there

The procession left the city's 1 Military Hospital shortly after 07:00 (05:00 GMT) on Wednesday

The coffin could be seen inside a black hearse, draped in a South African flag, in a convoy with military outriders and ambulances.
It travelled along Kgosi Mampuru Street and Madiba Street on the way to the Union Buildings.


The casket of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, draped in the multi-coloured South African flag, arrived on Wednesday Dec 11,2013 at the seat of power in the country’s capital for public viewing

Soldiers in formal uniforms carried Mandela’s casket into the Union Buildings to a special viewing centre built inside the building’s amphitheatre, which President Jacob Zuma named after Mandela by decree on Tuesday Dec 10,2013

On Wednesday dec 11,2013, Mandela family members, government officials and world leaders are expected to pass by the coffin. It’s unclear whether it will be an open — or closed-casket viewing, though officials have banned cameras from being inside the viewing area.

Each day, Mandela’s coffin will be driven back to 1 Military Hospital to be held overnight

Guarded by South African Naval personnel, the casket with former South African President Nelson Mandela lies in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013.

Nelson Mandela’s body will lie in state for three days -Wed;Thursday and Friday

On Saturday Dec 14,2013,Nelson Mandela’s body will be flownto Qunu, his home in the Eastern Cape Province. He will be buried on Sunday Dec 15,2013