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Added on the 06/07/2022 10:30:04 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Family and close friends of South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela celebrated his life at a memorial gathering on Friday. He died earlier this week after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was described as a man who loved his family and who dedicated his life to his art and to activism. IMAGES
Family members of the 21 adolescents who died under mysterious circumstances in a bar in East London in South Africa gather alongside community leaders to hold a prayer session. One mother is overcome by emotion as she addresses the room, a priest and a representative from the department of special development also spoke at the service. The exact cause of death remains unconfirmed but some witnesses have reported a strong and suffocating smell which spread through the building on the night of the tragedy. Some of the 31 people who were admitted to hospital, complained of symptons including backache, vomiting and tight chests. IMAGES
Johannesburg, Aug 28 (EFE/EPA).- Johannesburg held Saturday the Brixton Burn event, in which participants could join wearing costumes and watched the burning of event's artworks at the end of the night. The annual event is run by members of the 'Afrikaburn' community, which is a regional event organizer of the 'Burning Man' in the United States. (Camera: KIM LUDBROOK). B-ROLL OF THE BRIXTON BURN EVENT IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and former president Jacob Zuma arrive for the memorial of Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, the late leader of South Africa's largest ethnic group, at the royal palace ahead of his burial. IMAGES
Members of Sweden's government and royal family attend a memorial service for victims of the Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near Tehran after being hit by an Iranian missile. The Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737, which had been bound for Kiev, slammed into a field shortly after taking off from Tehran last Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board, including 17 Swedish residents. IMAGES of the beginning of the service
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).