South Africans of all denominations have been gathering to remember Madiba since Friday evening.
Steve Oberholzer from Church Alive in Northcliff, Johannesburg, leads a prayer for Madiba during the service. President Jacob Zuma declared Sunday December 8 a national day of prayer in honour of former president Nelson Mandela. (Clarissa Sosin, M&G)
The Hare Krishna Festival of Chariot honoured Madiba on December 7. (Madelene Cronjé)
The Hare Krishna Festival of Chariot. (Madelene Cronjé)
The Hare Krishna Festival of Chariot. (Madelene Cronjé)
Cape Town held an interfaith service dedicated to Mandela in front of the Cape Town City Hall on December 6. (David Harrison, M&G)
Interfaith service in Cape Town. (David Harrison, M&G)
Interfaith service in Cape Town. (David Harrison, M&G)
Interfaith service in Cape Town. (David Harrison, M&G)
The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory in Johannesburg hosted an interfaith service in honour of Madiba on December 8. (Clarissa Sosin, M&G)
Mourners wrote messages for the late Madiba at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory. (Clarissa Sosin, M&G)
Members of the Mqhekezweni Methodist Church participate in a service dedicated to Nelson Mandela in Mqhekezweni, Eastern Cape on December 8. Mandela attended church here as a boy. (Delwyn Verasamy, M&G)
A service was held at Regina Mundi Church in Soweto on December 8. During the June 16 1976 student uprisings, protesting students fled to Regina Mundi from Orlando Stadium to escape police's bullets and teargas canisters. Bullet holes are still visible in the church ceiling. (Paul Botes, M&G)
Regina Mundi Church in Soweto. (Paul Botes, M&G)
Regina Mundi Church. (Paul Botes, M&G)
Regina Mundi Church. (Paul Botes, M&G)
Regina Mundi Church. (Paul Botes, M&G)
Amazing Grace Zionist church members holds a prayer service for Mandela on a hilltop in Soweto. (Paul Botes, M&G)
