Crowds of frustrated mourners in the South African capital Pretoria scuffled with police after they were unable to see former President Nelson Mandela lying in state.<br /><br />An estimated 100,000 people queued up on Friday, December 13 – the third and final day that the casket was on view – but it has been reported that only around half of them were able to see Mandela.<br /><br />When officials tried to send the crowds away in the late afternoon – so that the casket could be removed as planned – groups of people surged forward through lines of police.<br /><br />Many were angry at being prevented from having a chance to say a personal goodbye to their hero.<br /><br />One man said: “We have been waiting here for a long time. This is absolute nonsense, man. I have been here since 5.00 o’clock in the morning. <br /><br />“It’s not fair, it’s really not fair to us,” another frustrated mourner told reporters.<br /><br />Mandela’s coffin is being transported to his ancestral village of Qunu on South Africa’s eastern cape – ahead of his funeral on Sunday, December 15.
