god i hate mandela. he's a rascist thug who should never have been let out of jail. he was the head of the terrorist wing of the anc and ordered the bombings and executions of 1000s of civilians. He also ordered land grabs off white farmers. P.M. Botha went to see him in jail and he was offered amnesty if he told his terrorists to stop bombing shoppin centres, churches, restaurants etc and he refused. He also left the country in anarchy. Since the end of apartheid, rape is up, the police are corrupt, the infrastructure is shot to pieces and corrupt as hell. 10,000 black people were polled by the s.a. press and 73% said they look back to apartheid with nostalgia as they were better off under it, and at least there was order and they country worked better. People have been left a lot worse off with his backward policies. If anyone ruined south africa it was him. journos are notoriously left wing, and as mandela was a member of the communist party, they put a lot of dangerous spin and nonsense about him without telling you the full story. Take it from someone who lived there for 15yr