By Harriet Arkell PUBLISHED: 08:38 EST, 6 December 2013 | UPDATED: 15:46 EST, 6 December 2013 Nelson Mandela died at home in the Johannesburg suburb of Houghton, 10 weeks after being allowed out of the Pretoria hospital where he had been treated for a persistent lung infection. South African president Jacob Zuma said the 95-year-old, who was transferred home by ambulance in August to spend his final weeks there, had 'passed on peacefully in the company of his family'. Mandela's third wife, Graca Machel, 68, is believed to have been by his side, as well as some of his children, grandchildren, stepchildren, a priest, and elders from his native Thembu tribe.
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Former president surrounded by family including 3rd wife Graca Machel, 68
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His daughter, Makaziwe Mandela-Amuah, 60, grandsons Ndaba Mandela, 30, and Mandla Mandela, 38, also thought to have been at his side
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Elders from his native Thembu tribe are believed to have been at deathbed
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But there was no sign of Winnie Mandela, 77, his second wife of 38 years
During the last hours before his death at 8.50pm @placeholder time, elders from Mandela's native Thembu clan joined his relatives at his side.