Edssential article from @joe__kirby:
When Nelson Mandela emerged from prison after 27 years, many of South Africa’s four million whites feared they would be driven into the sea. Many of South Africa’s forty million blacks were calling for retribution for four decades of brutal apartheid repression. Mandela overcame the scarring divisions by leading by example, with the words and work of others. He had the visionary foresight to convince the ANC to keep the emblematic name of the Springbok rugby team, loved by whites as a symbol of their history, hated by blacks as a symbol of white supremacy. Using the words that gave him courage in prison, wearing the Springbok jersey and cap, despite the hostility he faced, he inspired the national rugby team to exceed their own and the nation’s expectations, and win the rugby