Mandela’s lasting legacy

Mandela’s time as South African president may have only lasted five years, but his influence as a peace activist and a symbol for national unity not only left its mark on South Africa, but the rest of the world as a whole. Upon leaving the crowds at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, a mountain of a task lay ahead of him. Mandela not only had to prove South Africa was not another rogue African state ruled by gun runners and warlords, but reassure white South Africans that the country’s first black president would not spearhead a campaign of reprisals in the wake of apartheid. By appointing his predecessor FW de Klerk as deputy president, Mandela was able to initially appease white citizens, while his reluctance to follow the elitist land…

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