> leading the peaceful transition of his nation This point deserves more expounding, which I'm not qualified to write. Apartheid was brutal, and the victims s

> leading the peaceful transition of his nation This point deserves more expounding, which I'm not qualified to write. Apartheid was brutal, and the victims suddenly became the majority in a democracy. It's the sort of situation where you'd expect an eternal cycle of vengeance. But there wasn't one. There was the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and probably other things, and then there was peace. There are few achievements in history to which this can be compared.