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In Mandela's Home, Grief and Glorification

South Africans Gather to Laud Former President's Achievements

Updated Dec. 6, 2013 1:27 a.m. ET

JOHANNESBURG—The death of Nelson Mandela, long anticipated and yet long dreaded, jolted a nation that made a political prisoner South Africa's first black president.

Crowds gathered around Mr. Mandela's home here, singing songs and lighting candles. They flocked to a square bearing his name. And they checked their phones for the latest news on...

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