Mandela at memorial service for Aids-victim son

A grief-stricken former President Nelson Mandela attended a memorial service for his son Makgatho, whose death of Aids complications last week underscored the silence still shrouding a disease that kills more than 600 a day in South Africa.

Mandela at memorial service for Aids-victim son

A grief-stricken former President Nelson Mandela attended a memorial service for his son Makgatho, whose death of Aids complications last week underscored the silence still shrouding a disease that kills more than 600 a day in South Africa.

The family refused to disclose the nature of his illness when he went into intensive care at a Johannesburg hospital late last year.

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