Mandela: Mourners Barge Police To See Body

Hundreds of South Africans pushed their way past a police cordon in a bid to see Nelson Mandela's body, in the final moments of his lying in state.

The group bustled past officers after tens of thousands of mourners were told that time had run out to pay last respects to the country's first black president.
They ran toward the amphitheatre at Union Buildings - the seat of government - where Mr Mandela has been lying in state since Wednesday.

The coffin is transported from Union Buildings in Pretoria

Shortly afterwards, the coffin was moved from Union Buildings. On Saturday it will be flown to the icon's boyhood village of Qunu for burial on Sunday.
Because of the sheer volume of mourners - around 100,000 - many of those who queued for hours, and in some cases days, were left disappointed.
Police officers gave up trying to restrain one group, ordering them in vain to get in line.

Some of the crowd break police lines and run towards the coffin

"Police said we should make a queue, but they (the group) didn't. They then started to push," said Gilbert Setshedi, 27, who queued from 7am.
Meanwhile, the South African government has condemned the posting on Twitter of a hoax photograph appearing to show the body of Mr Mandela.

The image, in which the anti-apartheid icon is apparently lying in his coffin, has provoked an angry backlash on social media networks.
It is believed to be a digitally manipulated picture taken of Mr Mandela in 1991.
Government spokeswoman Phumla Williams said: "We would urge people to not to view this content and delete it."