President Thabo Mbeki joined families at Johannesburg's Ellis Park stadium today to mourn the 43 people killed in South Africa's worst sporting accident.
Bouquets were scattered across the field where emergency workers laid out the bodies of the 43 people, including two boys aged 11 and 13, killed in a crush last Wednesday night.
"This is a sad and very tragic moment. Over this stadium hangs heavy emotion, a lot of pain and anger," said Danny Jordaan, chief executive officer of the South African Football Association.
Jordaan, who is heading South Africa's bid to host the 2010 World Cup final, said he would await the outcome of a judicial inquiry into the disaster before proposing remedies.
Mbeki has appointed a judge to conduct an inquiry into the cause of the accident which happened during a match between the country's top teams, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates.
Sunday newspapers highlighted a growing row over responsibility for the disaster, with police, stadium managers and the clubs trading allegations of negligence.
Witnesses and reporters said most of the victims had died in a crush after the stadium was declared full and gates were locked.
An estimated 15,000 people, some claiming to have tickets, pressed against gates, one of which fell, trapping dozens of people who died as the crowd trampled them.
On Sunday, members of the two teams and their supporters clubs sat on the pitch and in the stands as a small crowd gathered for what organisers said was a ritual cleansing ceremony to clear the stadium of bad spirits and to reclaim the spirits of the dead.
Priests and leaders of several religious denominations walked through the stadium, using bunches of leaves or branches to sprinkle cleansing water in areas where people died and where the bodies were laid out.
Organisers had prepared for about 30,000 people, but fewer than 5,000 braved light rain to attend the ceremony.
Several women collapsed as the names of the known victims were read out.
Ten victims have still to be identified.
The mourners included the boxer Lennox Lewis, who is in South Africa for a world heavyweight title fight on Saturday against American challenger Hasim Rahman, and South African world junior flyweight champion Baby Jake Matlala.