South Africans remember late Mandela at first anniversary
Graca Machel, widow of Nelson Mandela, speaks before the Mandela statue in the Union Buildings, Pretoria, South Africa, on Dec.5, 2014. A wreath laying ceremony was held here Friday to mark the 1st anniversary of late South Africa's President Nelson Mandela's passing. South Africa's veterans of the struggle for freedom and those who fought with Nelson Mandela against apartheid were invited to lead the wreath laying. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan)