Nelson Mandela's grandson, Mandla Mandela, attends a Farewell Service for South African former president Nelson Mandela on December 14, 2013 at the Waterkloof air force base in Pretoria before the departure of Mandela's coffin to Qunu where he will be buried tomorrow. Nelson Mandela will embark on the final leg of his exceptional 95-year journey on Saturday, when his remains are returned to his rural childhood home for traditional burial. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, died in Johannesburg on December 5 at age 95. AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN (Photo credit should read STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images)
