NELSON Mandela, South Africa's first black president, has died at the age of 95.
He passed away in the company of his family at around 8:50pm on December 5, South African President Jacob Zuma said in a statement to the nation's people.
"He is now rested, he is now at peace," Mr Zuma said. "Our nation has lost its greatest son, our people have lost a father.
"But though we knew that this day would come, nothing can dimish our sense of the profound and enduring loss.

"Although we knew that this day would come, nothing can diminish the profound and enduring loss."
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