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Members of the African National Congress have been paying final tributes to Nelson Mandela at a ceremony ahead of Sunday's funeral. President Jacob Zuma and other ANC leaders attended the event, which included a multi-faith service and a musical tribute. Afterwards, Mr Mandela's coffin will be taken by air and road to his ancestral home at Qunu, in the Eastern Cape. It will be accompanied by family members and officials. At least 100,000 people saw the former South African president's body lying in state in Pretoria over the last three days, but some had to be turned away. The 95-year-old former leader died on 5 December. 'Human chain' More than 1,000 members of the ANC, which Mr Mandela once led, attended the ceremony at the Waterkloof air base in Pretoria. US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson and Ireland's Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams were among the foreign guests invited. Members of the African National Congress have been paying final tributes to Nelson Mandela at a ceremony ahead of Sunday's funeral. President Jacob Zuma and other ANC leaders attended the event, which included a multi-faith service and a musical tribute. Afterwards, Mr Mandela's coffin will be taken by air and road to his ancestral home at Qunu, in the Eastern Cape. It will be accompanied by family members and officials. At least 100,000 people saw the former South African president's body lying in state in Pretoria over the last three days, but some had to be turned away. The 95-year-old former leader died on 5 December. 'Human chain' More than 1,000 members of the ANC, which Mr Mandela once led, attended the ceremony at the Waterkloof air base in Pretoria. US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson and Ireland's Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams were among the foreign guests invited.