Purezidenti wakale wa South Africa Nelson Mandela akukhala tsiku lachinayi m'chipatala cha Pretoria komwe akulandira chithandizo cha matenda a m'mapapo.
Ofesi ya pulezidenti Jacob Zuma yati munthu wa zaka 94 ali mumkhalidwe wovuta koma wokhazikika.
Achibale, kuphatikiza mkazi wake wakale Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, adayendera mtsogoleri wakale yemwe akudwala Lolemba.
Iye wakhala ali m’chipatala cha odwala mwakayakaya kuyambira pomwe adagonekedwa m’chipatala Loweruka, kachitatu chaka chino.
Mu Disembala, a Mandela adakhala masiku 18 akulandira chithandizo cha matenda am'mapapo komanso ndulu.
M'malo mwake, tikumva kuwunika kodetsa nkhawa, kwachinsinsi. Tawona zizindikiro zoyamba mwina za banja la Nelson Mandela likuyamba kusonkhana pafupi ndi bedi lake.
Tamvanso kwa anzake ena apamtima, wina akunena kuti inali nthawi yoti anthu ndi achibale amulole kupita.
Pali lingaliro pano kuti anthu akutenga chidwi ndi momwe Nelson Mandela amakhalira. Kwa zaka zambiri, anthu sankafuna n’komwe kunena za imfa yake. Kuchulukirachulukira zikuwoneka kuti anthu aku South Africa akukonzekera nkhani zoyipa.
Werengani zambiri kuchokera kwa Andrew
Maziko otsogozedwa ndi Archbishop wopuma Desmond Tutu apereka chikalata chofotokoza Mr Mandela ngati "mphatso yachilendo".
"Monga tate wokondedwa wa fuko lathu, Nelson Mandela apiriranso zowawa za nthawi m'chipatala," mazikowo adatero.
"Mapemphero athu ndi a chitonthozo chake ndi ulemu wake."
Pali zizindikilo zoyamba kuti banja lake lidayamba kusonkhana pafupi ndi bedi lake, watero wa BBC Andrew Harding, ku Pretoria.
Lolemba, mkazi wakale wa Mr Mandela, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, adamuyendera. Adzukulu ake aakazi nawonso akhala akubwera ndi kupita, mtolankhani wathu akutero.
Mwana wamkazi wamkulu wa mtsogoleriyu Zenani Mandela-Dlamini wabwerera ku South Africa kuchokera ku Argentina komwe ndi kazembe kukaona abambo ake.
Mkazi wake, Graca Machel, adayimitsa kukawonekera ku London Loweruka kuti akhale pafupi ndi bedi la mwamuna wake.
Pitirizani kuwerenga nkhani yaikulu
Nelson Mandela: Madeti ofunika
1918 Anabadwira ku Eastern Cape
1943 Analowa mu African National Congress
1956 Anaimbidwa mlandu woukira boma, koma milandu inathetsedwa
1962 Anamangidwa, wopezeka ndi mlandu wowononga, anaweruzidwa zaka zisanu m'ndende
1964 Anaweruzidwa kachiwiri, kuweruzidwa moyo
1990 Anamasulidwa kundende
1993 Anapambana Nobel Peace Prize
1994 Anasankhidwa pulezidenti woyamba wakuda
1999 Adatsika ngati mtsogoleri
2004 Anapuma pagulu
2010 Kuwonekera komaliza pagulu - pamasewera omaliza a World Cup
Mbiri ya BBC: Kulankhula monyoza kwa Mandela
M’mawu ake m’mbuyomo, boma lidati: “Pulezidenti Jacob Zuma abwerezanso pempho lake loti dziko la South Africa lipempherere Madiba ndi banja pa nthawiyi. Madiba ndi dzina la banja la a Mandela.
Mneneri wa ofesi ya pulezidenti Mac Maharaj watsutsanso malipoti oti alendo akuletsedwa kuwona a Mandela.
Anati: “Zowona zake n’zakuti njira zochirikizira wodwala akamadwala kwambiri zimatengera kuchipatala.
"Munthu akakhala m'chipatala chachikulu madotolo amangolola anthu ena apamtima kukhalapo."
Purezidenti adatinso a Mandela adadwala kwa masiku angapo kunyumba kwawo ku Johannesburg, zomwe zidachitikanso chifukwa chamavuto omwe adakhala nawo kwa nthawi yayitali.
Adagonekedwa kuchipatala matenda ake atakula nthawi ya 01:30 Loweruka (23:30 GMT Lachisanu).
Nelson Mandela adakhala Purezidenti kuyambira 1994 mpaka 1999.
M'mbuyomu adakhala m'ndende kwa zaka 27, ndipo akukhulupirira kuti adavulala m'mapapo pomwe amagwira ntchito kumalo osungira ndende.
Anadwala chifuwa chachikulu cha TB m’zaka za m’ma 1980 pamene anali m’ndende pa chilumba cha Robben chomwe chinali ndi mphepo yamkuntho.
Adapuma pantchito yapagulu mu 2004 ndipo sanawonekere pagulu kuyambira pamenepo.
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