BOOED: South African President Jacob Zuma Publicly Humiliated By His People Before World Leaders At Mandela Memorial

Hundreds of world leaders gathered today the 10th of December 2013, in Johannesburg's FNB Stadium for the memorial service held in honour quintessential leader Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.

The ceremony started an hour late in pouring rain as the deputy president of the ruling ANC party who opened the proceedings, said: 'In our tradition, when it rains when you are buried, your gods are welcoming you to heaven.'
But even more interesting is how South African president Jacob Zuma  was repeatedly booed by his people and humiliated before the many world leaders present.
See how Reuters reports President Jacob Zuma's disgrace after the cut:

South African President Jacob Zuma was booed and jeered at a memorial to anti-apartheid legend Nelson Mandela on Tuesday, a major public humiliation in front of other world leaders six months before national elections.

The hostile reaction from the thousands-strong unruly crowd erupted as Zuma prepared to address the high-profile ceremony in Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium bringing together leaders from around 90 countries.

Zuma, who has ruled Africa's biggest economy since 2009, had been hoping to get a boost from the wave of national emotion triggered by Mandela's death on Thursday, aged 95.

His African National Congress (ANC) government has been facing violent labour unrest and protests over persisting poverty, crime and unemployment. But the ANC is still expected to comfortably win the elections to be held in April or May.

Jacob Zuma

Zuma was booed when he first entered the crowded stadium, and again when he prepared to speak. In contrast, U.S. President Barack Obama received a roaring ovation, and Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon were also cheered.

Some in the crowd accompanied the boos for Zuma with thumbs-down gestures and rotating hand movements, the sign for a substitution in a soccer match.

"Mandela had a vision, Mandela lived that vision. But what Zuma speaks, he doesn't live," said Funeka Gingcara-Sithole, 31, reflecting the mood of the Zuma critics in the stadium.

"He should do the honourable thing and resign," she said.

Zuma and senior ANC officials remained stony faced during the booing and organisers at one point used a choir to try to drown out the hostile reaction.

The mourning for Mandela has distracted attention from corruption scandals affecting Zuma and his administration.

But memories of the former president's five-year tenure up to 1999 have reminded many just how distant Zuma's South Africa still is from the "Rainbow Nation" ideal of shared prosperity and social peace that Mandela proclaimed after his 1994 election.

Most recently he was accused of spending $20 million (£12m) of taxpayers' money to refurbish his private home.

Similarly, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan was snubbed at the event.

An official release of programmes during the memorial service shows that the Nigerian president was missing on the list of world leaders billed to give tributes. The world leaders who gave tributes are: United State President, Barack Obama; President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil; Vice-President Li Yuanchao of China; President Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia; President Pranab Mukherjee of India; and President Raúl Castro Ruz of Cuba.

Alhough Mr. Jonathan is not the only head of state that would not give tribute- there are about 90 heads of state attending the funeral, the apparent snub handed Mr. Jonathan also appears to rubbish the enormous effort played by Nigeria to bring an end to apartheid in South Africa at a time when Western governments were pussyfooting to pressure the apartheid government to renounce its policy of segregation and its brutal abuses against the black majority. Some Western governments including the U.S. had even designated the ruling Africa National Congress (ANC) as a terrorist organisation, and Mandela a terrorist.

President Jonathan will remain in South Africa for the burial proper which holds 15th December, 2013.

See full list of world leaders present at the memorial today below:

FULL LIST OF FOREIGN DIGNITARIES AT MANDELA'S MEMORIAL

- Afghan President Hamid Karzai. 

- Angolan Vice President Manuel Vincent. 

- Argentinian Acting President Amado Boudou. 

- Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. 

- Bahamas' Prime Minister Perry Christie. 

- Bangladesh's President Abdul Hamid. 

- Belgian Prime Minister Elio di Rupo and King Philippe. 

- Benin's President Boni Yayi. 

- Botswana's President Seretse Ian Khama. 

- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and three predecessors, including Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. 

- British Prime Minister David Cameron, deputy PM Nick Clegg and former Prime Minister Tony Blair. 

- Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza. 

- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and three of his predecessors. 

- Chadian President Idriss Deby. 

- Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao. 

- Comoros' President Ikiliou Dhoinine. 

- Congo's President Joseph Kabila. 

- Croatian President Ivo Josipovic. 

- Cuban President Raul Castro. 

- Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kohout. 

- Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Prince Frederik. 

- Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh. 

- East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. 

- El Salvador's Foreign Minister Jaime Miranda. 

- Equatorial Guinea's President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. 

- Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. 

- European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. 

- European Union Council President Herman Van Rompuy. 

- Finnish President Sauli Niinisto. 

- French President Francois Hollande and his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy. 

- Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba. 

- Gambian President Yahya Jammeh. 

- German President Joachim Gauck. 

- Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama. 

- Guinean President Alpha Conde. 

- Guyana's President Donald Ramotar. 

- Haitian President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe. 

- Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and Congress party leader Sonia Ghandi. 

- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. 

- Irish President Michael Higgins. 

- Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta. 

- Ivory Coast's President Allasane Ouattara. 

- Jamaica's Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller. 

- Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito and former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. 

- Jordanian Queen Rania and Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour. 

- Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. 

- Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati. 

- Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane. 

- Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. 

- Malawi's President Joyce Banda. 

- Malaysian Energy Minister Maximus Ongkili. 

- Mauritius' Prime Minister Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. 

- Mexican President Pena Nieto. 

- Morocco's Prince Moulay Rachid. 

- Mozambique's President Armando Emilio Guebuza. 

- Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba. 

- Nepalese Foreign Minister Madhav Prassad Ghimire. 

- The Netherlands' Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans and King Willem-Alexander. 

- Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou. 

- Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. 

- Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Crown Prince Haakon. 

- Pakistan's President Mamnoon Hussain. 

- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. 

- Philippines' Vice President Jejomar Binay. 

- Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski and former President Lech Walesa. 

- Portuguese President Cavaco Silva. 

- Saudi-Arabia's Deputy Prime Minister Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. 

- Senegalese President Macky Sall. 

- Serbian President Tomislav Nicolic. 

- Seychelles President James Michel. 

- Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak. 

- Slovenia's President Borut Pahor. 

- South Korean Prime Minister Hongwon Chung. 

- South Sudan's President Salva Kir Mayardi. 

- Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Prince Felipe. 

- Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa. 

- Sudanese Vice President Bakri Hassan Salih. 

- Suriname's President Desire Delan Bouterse. 

- Swaziland's Prime Minister Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini. 

- Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Princess Victoria. 

- Swiss President Ulrich Maurer. 

- Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete. 

- Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. 

- Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki. 

- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. 

- U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay. 

- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and his predecessor Kofi Annan. 

- U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as well as former presidents George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary. 

- Uruguay's Foreign Minister Luis Almagro. 

- Vatican official Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana. 

- Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro. 

- Zambia's President Michael Sata. 

- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.

I doubt if the world will ever again witness the gathering of this many world leaders in the same place, at the same time. 

RIP Madiba.