FINAL WORDS: Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba delivers a sermon at the closing of Albertina Sisulu's funeral.
The Struggle icon and ANC stalwart was laid to rest next to the grave of her husband Walter Sisulu at Croesus Cemetery in Bosmont. Picture: Matthews Baloyi The sun came out to warm what was a day of mourning and celebration of Albertina Sisulu’s life at Orlando Stadium.
One by one, state and foreign dignitaries, Sisulu’s relatives and mourners walked sombrely into the stadium along the long red carpet leading to the middle of the field.
Among the foreign dignitaries were Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili, former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete.
