for over a mile. Many were unable to complete their mission, but they, along with thousands of others, will get a second chance on Thursday.
Nelson Mandela's lying in state in Pretoria is part of a week of events celebrating the anti-apartheid hero's life. It follows a memorial service at stadium in Johannesburg where US President Barack Obama delivered a eulogy urging the world to carry on his legacy by fighting inequality, poverty and discrimination.
On Sunday South Africans crowded into churches, mosques, temples and synagogues to remember Mr Mandela.
In the Regina Mundi Catholic church in the once blacks-only township of Soweto, parish priest Sebastian Rossouw called Mandela "a light in the darkness" and praised his capacity for "humility and forgiveness".
Inside the church, once used as a sanctuary by anti-apartheid activists during police raids, a single candle illuminated a portrait of Mandela with a raised-fist salute.
Since his death was announced late on Friday, South Africans have also been gathering outside the former president's home in Johannesburg to pay tribute to the man revered as the father of the country.
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