South Africans of all races voted today for a new government for the third time in a decade with the party credited with ending apartheid assured of another sweeping victory.

Nelson Mandela today cancelled a meeting with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, raising questions about the state of the former South African president’s health.

Former first lady Marike de Klerk was buried in a private ceremony today, five days after she was strangled to death in her Cape Town apartment.