President Cyril Ramaphosa has begun delivering the eulogy at the reburial of liberation struggle hero, Dr Alfred Bathini Xuma.
Dr Xuma was the first black South African to become a medical doctor.
He attained his education with the aid of supportive white Americans, who gave rise to his enduring belief in multi-racial partnerships and propelled him to become an advocate of racial integration and equal medical education for Africans.
The anti-apartheid activist dedicated his entire life to justice and humanity and was posthumously awarded the Order of Luthuli in Gold for his exceptional contribution to the struggle for freedom and against colonialism on the African continent.
Dr Xuma succumbed to pancreas cancer in 1962 in Johannesburg.
He was buried at the Brixton Cemetery and will now be reburied at his birthplace of KwaManzana, in the Eastern Cape.
The Presidency has ordered that the national flag be flown fly at half-mast until Sunday evening.
