Given his age, they probably had all kinds of things all ready for when he kicked the bucket. Most weekends are slow news days (even if a lot happens), just because the weekend staff are off.
Radio newscast had a Man In The Street interview with some bloke who said he was “totally shocked” that Mandela had died.
uhhhh.....he was 95 years old, and had spent 30 out of the last 36 months in a hospital. What shocked you exactly?