JOHANNESBURG – An ox will be slaughtered, the deceased will be wrapped in a leopard skin and a family elder will keep talking to the body’s spirit: The state funeral for South Africa’s anti-apartheid ...

JOHANNESBURG—Nelson Mandela’s casket was draped in a lion skin, an ox was ritually slaughtered and a family elder kept talking to the body’s spirit. The state funeral Sunday for South Africa’s ...

Nelson Mandela was a member of the Xhosa tribe which is part of the Nguni people. The Xhosa are proud people who believe in the importance of laws, education, and courtesy. Xhosa childrens' lives were ...

It's going to be a balancing act between a Xhosa funeral and the official protocol of a state funeral Qunu:It’s going to be a careful balancing act today between traditional Xhosa funeral customs and ...

Xhosa people is to whom Mandela’s Thembu clan belongs Johannesburg: An ox will be slaughtered, the deceased will be wrapped in a leopard skin and a family elder will keep talking to the body’s spirit: ...

The abaThembu clan in Qunu, in the Eastern Cape, is preparing to receive the late former President Nelson Mandela's remains where Xhosa rites will be performed on his body on arrival at Mthatha ...

The Ndebele kingdom's king Makhosonke Mabena has hit out at the government for neglecting traditional leaders, saying some even died as paupers due to neglect. “The mere fact that King Sigcawu ...

An ox will be slaughtered, the deceased will be wrapped in a leopard skin and a family elder will keep talking to the body’s spirit — The state funeral for South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon Nelson ...