Newspapers on sale in London Friday, December 6, 2013
Photo courtesy: AP, Sang Tan

RSE’s South Africa Coordinator Kathy Somma submitted this tribute for her country’s “Beloved Mandela” accompanied by a beautiful song …

“Madiba – Tata (Father)… God Bless your gracious Spirit … may your legacy live in us all for a long time as a beacon into the future.”
Click here for the musical tribute.
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RSE was well represented in the Johannesburg celebration of Mandela’s life on Friday, December 6, 2013
with daughter and mother Amanda & Jenny Gifford participating, Amanda & Jenny proudly donning their RSE hats (Jenney’s hat with RSE emblazoned in pink is faintly visible).
Click here for the video.

Click here on a photo essay of Mandela’s passing.

“Mandela funeral set for Dec. 15 as ‘hero,’ ‘icon’ mourned worldwide.”
Read more from NBC News.

Scroll down for the first western journalist’s interview with Mandela [NBC’s Brian Williams] after being elected South Africa’s President, the interview occurring in April 1994.