DRESSED IN BLACK. South Africa's news anchors are all dressed in black on television as multiple TV reporters also choose black attire.

Following the death of Nelson Mandela, all of South Africa's news anchors were dressed in black as a visible sign of mourning on Friday night during all the primetime TV news bulletins.

Across all channels providing news - SABC1, SABC2, SABC3, e.tv, eNCA (DStv 403), SABC News (DStv 404), ANN7 (DStv 405) - and on M-Net's special live Friday commemorative edition of Carte Blanche with Derek Watts and Bongani Bingwa, all the anchors were unanimous in the colour of their attire: black.

From Vabakshnee Chetty and Vuyo Mvuko on SABC News, to Iman Rappetti and Jeremy Maggs on eNCA, to Peter Stemmet on ANN7 and several others, they all appropriately showed their feelings regarding Nelson Mandela and what he meant and means to South Africa on their sleeves.

Several TV reporters from the three South African TV news channels also wore black, or a combination of black and white during the day as they did live reporting and filed stories on location throughout South Africa.

Weather presenters also chose to wear black on South African television today.