Mandela memorial set for Tuesday in Johannesburg

South Africa expects overwhelming crowds and a number of world leaders to attend services for the late Mandela, but officials said on Saturday that they could not yet offer many details about the ceremonies scheduled to begin on Tuesday.
Across the country, South Africans have already begun honoring Mandela, who died Thursday at age 95. Officials expect tens of thousands to participate in the official services in the coming week.
In their first comments since his death on Thursday evening, members of Mandela's family on Saturday issued a statement thanking South Africa and the wider world for their support. They said they had "lost a great man" – just as they had when South Africa's former apartheid government imprisoned him for decades.