President Paul Kagame has arrived in South Africa to attend celebrations to mark the centenary of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress that begun with a golf tournament.
More than 100,000 people are expected over the weekend in the central city of Bloemfontein.
Other events include a candle-lit vigil at the church where the ANC was formed and a major political rally on Sunday, the 100th anniversary.
The ANC was founded to fight white minority rule, which ended in 1994.
ANC party secretary general Gwede Mantashe says Nelson Mandela, who led the party to power after the end of apartheid, will not be attending the ANC celebrations.
“He is not coming and we are not expecting him to come,”Gwede told South Africas public radio SABC. “He is in good spirits but very, very old.”
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