LIVE! Mandela's body moved to hospital, Desmond Tutu to lead memorial service

December 06, 2013 12:20

The South African news agency News 24 is reporting that Mandela's body has been moved to One Military hospital in Pretoria. South African president Jacob Zuma said that Mandela will be accorded a state funeral and ordered that all flags be flown at half-mast until the funeral is over.

Early on Friday morning, South African time, Archbishop Desmond Tutu led a memorial service in Capetown where he called for South Africa to become as a nation what Mandela had been as a man. -- Guardian

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