On the 5th of December , South President Jacob Zuma announced Nelson Mandela's and declared a week of mourning. He Mandela passed away peacefully at the age of . Thousands of South Africans a pilgrimage to his house in the Johannesburg suburb of Houghton. The streets were of people. Some flowers or cards. Some just silently and the cards others .
"Our nation its greatest ," Mr Zuma said.