A sad day for the world. Many who did not live through the period 93-94 do not realise how on a Knife Edge South Africa was at the time, it could have gone eith

A sad day for the world. Many who did not live through the period 93-94 do not realise how on a Knife Edge South Africa was at the time, it could have gone either way. The country could have descended into civil war, but my personal opinion is it didn't, in large part due to Madiba. The iconic moment of him at the 97 world cup, his constant speeches on establishing restraint.