Closer Look: The Gift Mandela Gave South Africa

(Johannesburg) -- The world is waiting to see what will happen to South Africa when Nelson Mandela dies.

Before turning the lights out on a conference in Port Elizabeth on June 2, the event's coordinator said: "Now let us take a moment of silence for our former president, Nelson Mandela."

The 94-year-old father of South Africa who dedicated his life to ending apartheid was in the hospital and very ill.