South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died, South Africa's president announced as broadcast on SKY News.
Mr Mandela, 95, led South Africa's transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after 27 years in prison.
He had been receiving intense home-based medical care for a lung infection after three months in hospital.
In a statement on South African national TV, MrJacob Zuma said Our Nation has lost its greatest son Mr Mandela and he is at peace in Johannesburg.
May His Beautiful soul rest in Perfect Peace, Amen.
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