Tony Abbott and Stephen Harper are more reliable models for the Prime Minister to follow than South Africa’s former President.
How the attitude towards Mandela changed among British politicians
“Nelson Mandela was a hero of all time.”
His moral authority and credibility helped to make the transition from apartheid miraculously free of much feared and forecast violence and bloodshed.
He realised that the only way out for South Africa was reconciliation; and reconciliation needed understanding.