South Africa has failed to live up to the vision of former president Nelson Mandela, his friend and lawyer George Bizos said on Thursday.

"We have failed to live up to the vision of Mandela," said Bizos. "We have failed materially in many respects."

Bizos was speaking at a celebration and memorial for Mandela at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

He said Mandela had a vision of a country...read more here: South Africa has failed to live up to the vision of Mandela: Bizos