South Africa celebrates life of woman who fought apartheid
Sisulu collapsed and died at her Johannesburg home on 2 June at the age of 92.
Mandela's message, read by his wife Graca Machel during yesterday's funeral at a Soweto football stadium, set off a brief rally of singing and dancing in his honour that interrupted an occasion that was both mournful and celebratory.
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Hide AdThe service followed a week of national mourning during which flags were flown at half-mast across South Africa and at its foreign missions.
President Jacob Zuma, who delivered the eulogy, declared a funeral with military honours - as close as possible to a state funeral.