south africa from the chains of apartheid. and not to take the black position against the white position but make it one south africa, black and white together moving forward, and he stuck with that principle in a purpose through 27 years of jail but through political difficulties, through all sorts of challenges, and he leaves behind an example for the rest of us to follow. of what it means to have principles and act with moral ad physical courage and be person of character. above all, to remember that we all have a responsibility to help our fellow citizens to achieve a better place in life, to have a freedom and democracy. it isy people fear that useless and futile for us to continue talking peace and nonviolence. >> he was always a presence in my life, in my early years in public service. he was something of a contemporary with martin luther king, junior and the parallels are rather striking an obvious. both of them believed in something and willing to fight and die for that something. he was the most humble, gentle man and he had an engaging smile. his eyes twinkled and this was a human being who had spent all that time i

south africa from the chains of apartheid. and not to take the black position against the white position but make it one south africa, black and white together moving forward, and he stuck with that principle in a purpose through 27 years of jail but through political difficulties, through all sorts of challenges, and he leaves behind an example for the rest of us to follow. of what it means to have principles and act with moral ad physical courage and be person of character. above all, to remember that we all have a responsibility to help our fellow citizens to achieve a better place in life, to have a freedom and democracy. it isy people fear that useless and futile for us to continue talking peace and nonviolence. >> he was always a presence in my life, in my early years in public service. he was something of a contemporary with martin luther king, junior and the parallels are rather striking an obvious. both of them believed in something and willing to fight and die for that something. he was the most humble, gentle man and he had an engaging smile. his eyes twinkled and this was a human being who had spent all that time i

moment, when he dawned the jersey, when south africa won the 1995 rugby world cup, i think that was probably the moment of the fullest love for nelson mandela from whiteuth africa. >> he had to preside over a tremendous transition in a country that was essentially founding itself anew. where is south africa today? what will it be without him there as this kind of life force for the new nation? >> i think that little deprivation in south africa will enormously high at the time of its transition. i think that they shall divide to a great and deep. i think that the inequality, such as to today and the inequality is racially coded and color coded. and yet, the only reason why south africa is able, with great stability and a great belief in democracy and human rights, we are able to navigate this difficult waters of material deprivation, is because nelson man della has been able to teach us patience, to teach us to give the other the benefit of the doubt. and he has been able to reconcile us in a way that has given us the space to overcome those problems systemically as we go forward. and so i want to really say that that legacy of nelson mandela, the pati

south africa that still exists economically as well as educationally and socially? >> there has been a huge divide in south africa. south africa remains a very unequal society. white south africans on average earn six times more than the average black south africans. there is a huge racial component to all of this. psychologically there are huge racial divisions. economically, a lot of the economic assets remain in white hands. recently in the last few years, that has increasingly become a big talking point in a lot of political circles. there are a lot of poor black south africans who remain unemployed, who may not feel they have benefited from the end of apartheid. >> we are bringing in ian bremer, the founder of the euro asian group. he is on the phone. what role did nelson mandela play on the world stage? >> it was unique. you look around the world today, and absent of the kind leaders and al statesmen that mandela represented. if people like gorbachev, yu and others in singapore. but he did not just capture the imagination of the country and the continent, but of the entire world in thinking about prospects of hope. there are people who have things like that

family, but he grew up under apartheid, the the vicious cycle of segregation by which the white minority ruled south africaect poverty for blacks and restrictions on travel, education and employment. whites enjoyed all of the power and riches in this country. his triable name meant troublemaker so perhaps it was his des atindestiny. he became a leading agitator for change as an attorney. he and the african national congress took up armed struggle. >> will tl are many that feel it is useless for us to continue talking peace and non-violence. >> mandela was a born leader and in 1964 the apartheid government tried him for treason and sought the death penalty. >> i have challenerished the id a democratic and free society. it is an idea for which i hope to live for and to see realized. but my lord, if it needs be, it is an idea for which i am prepared to die. >> mandela was sent to robben i-lend prison and not heard from for nearly 30 years. he was just prisoner number 46664. mandela became a myth, a global symbol for the fight against apartheid. and then in 1990, the south african government, under increasing

to change the world. >> the 1995 rugby world cup in south africa, mandela donned the home team's jersey, which for generations had been linked to whiteth africa. it was a moment of national reconciliation. >> tiger woods, among the major sports stars weighing in on his death. woods and his father met mandela in 1998. >> he had an impact on my life and my father. and that time frame in which -- when he came out, could have -- the country could have fallen apart. it could have gone a lot of different ways. and he led it to where it's at now. and the world's going to miss him. >> mandela kept a low profile while south africa hosted soccer's 2010 world cup. his memorable appearance came before the final in johannesburg, when he was driven around the field among a thunderous ovation. it would be mandela's last public appearance. >> that smile is so charming. >>> up next, the first lady on her one and only meeting with mandela. >> and how this event is playing out in social media, unlike any other before it. ♪ [ male announcer ] even well-planned holidays can wind up at the corner of "stockings are stuffed" and "quick -- duck!" luckily, wa

rugby in south africa is not stretching it much to say it's a religion. it was always an entirely white religion, the most important sport in south africa. the 1995 world rugby cup a warded to south africa for the ending of a par tide. it was still almost entirely whites in the sport. nelson mandela in the absolutely unthinkable act just a i few years before put on the jersey of the spring box what the rugby team is known as. they made it to the rugby world cup finals. they had no right to beat the strongest team in the world that they were playing that day, new zealand. nelson mandela stood in the stand. the atmosphere in the stands that day was the most extraordinary atmosphere. those that were there say that they have experienced. that team won the rugby world cup. that in a sense although sport ship, that is the moment south africa truly came together as a nation black and white. >> wow jonathan. i don't know about you but listening to you go through all of those things which at the time -- today looking back on them it's one thing. at the time we were living them that this man coul

under apartheid, the vicious system of racial segregation and oppression by which the white minority ruled south africam. abject poverty for blacks and severe restrictions on travel, education and employment. whites enjoyed all of the power and riches in this rich country. mandela's trouble name meant troublemaker, so perhaps it was his destiny. he quickly rose to prominence as a lawyer, founding the country's first black law firm, and leading agitator for change. especially after the terrible sharpville massacre in 1960 when he and the african national congress took up armed struggle. >> there are many people who feel that it is useless and futile for us to continue talking peace and nonviolence against a government who is on this savage path against unarmed and defenseless people. >> reporter: mandela was a born leader. so in 1964 the apartheid government tried him for treason and sought the dead penalty. his opening statement to the court electrified the country. >> i have cherished the ideals of a democratic and free society. it is an idea for which i hope to live for and to see realized. but my lo

but as white south africa became more aggressive, so did he.head of the armed wing of the african national congress, he led violent sabotage attacks and was arrested and tried in 1962. he would spend 27 years in jail. but he was never forgotten. eventually, international and internal pressure led the president to announce apartheid would be dismantled and mandela would walk free. rather than seek richard duchenne, he reached out to his former oppressors and tried to heal a divided nation. the president shared the nobel peace prize. >> we want them to feel safe. we appreciate the contribution they have made. >> he voted for the first time in 1994 with millions of his fellow south africans. he became a statesman, an international icon. for south africa, he was the symbol of a country that he wanted to be. despite struggles with poverty, racism, and aids. mandelawill remember celebrating south africa's place on the world stage as it hosted the 2010 soccer world cup. a simple tribute, his place in south africa's heart. thank you for our dignity. >>

instead of going for the black- white race aspect, let's think of south africa is having to deep cleavagesat i race the black-white divide. and these two devise, one which gives rise to trade unions, to socialist in the commonest party, the other the race divide or national oppression of black people gives rise to the african nationalism. under the repression of apartheid and backed up by its courts and jails and judges and the brutality of its police and thatso the two cleavages are divide and no set reflect them come closer together. thatld say it is a period mandela caps off his suspicion of tremendoussts, unity emerges in the struggle of the 1950s. the science of unjust laws campaigns. some similarities with the american civil rights movement where blacks and whites volunteers led by mandela would spacesoccupy whites-only in the offices and the railway stations, park benches -- all of these everyday manifestations of apartheid. people were thrown into jail and very seriously were very serious jailwere passed, five-year sentence for a black man sitting on a white man's bench in a park a

took part in the struggle to the best of south africa and to end apartheid. we are not as white americans used to looking to an african nationful we are exceptional. to any other nation as an example, but south africa has done a lot of things right. it is an example for the globe for how to move forward towards a multiracial democracy and do it with a lot of passion. he was a revolutionary. i don't want to sugar coat that. he believed in a real transformation and it was done peacefully. beautifully. >> if you are still with us, charlene, i would like to get your reaction to president obama's statement a moment ago. >> i thought it was pretty much what i expected. i read about and knew about the role and the impact that mandela had on the young barack obama when he was a student. he was roently in south africa and unable to see former president mandela because he was so ill, but i thought what i expected him to say. he was a young man in his formative years and very much affected by nelson mandela and i was pleased to hear the tribute he paid and i'm hoping that the world will fe

as white south africa became more aggressive, so did he. as the head of the armed wing of the national international he was arrested and tried in 1962. he was then 27 years in jail and was never forgotten. eventually, international and internal pressure led to announcing it would be dismantled and he would walk free. rather than seek recognition, nelson mandela reached out to his former pressures -- oppressors. he shared the nobel peace prize. >> we want them to feel safe. the will appreciate in death and what they have made. >> he voted for the first time with millions of this fellow black and. statesman, an international icon. despite struggles -- >> free of any idea. >> many will remember this. mandela celebrating south africa's place in the stage is hosting 2010 soccer world cup. >> africa loves him. >> it reads, thank you for our dignity. internationalf support and sympathy was immediate. tweets of personal statements infinitely -- instantly reinforce mandela as a hope. >> nelson mandela was a giant for justin -- justice. many around t

they were a symbol of racial reconciliation and shared pride in the new south africa. a whitee old south africa tweets this, condolences to all on the passing of our beloved father. we loved you, rest in peace. that sentiment is a far, far cry how mandela was viewed. >> reporter: it was here nelson mandela's political consciousness was awakened. an am armature and young lawye made a decision to fight the ingresingly increasing aparti state. others were tried for treegen and sabotage. >> i'm prepared to die. >> reporter: those words read from 1964 still rest nate say as legal team from that case, george besus. >> if need be, it's an ideal for which i'm prepared to die. they are words, which i think will live forever. >> reporter: they are the last words nelson mandela will utter in public for 27 years. he got life in prison. while in prison, mandela continued to work towards freedom which seemed so far away because south africa's townships were burning, state of emergency was in effect and the parti regime never seemed stronger but he took a chance and started to secretly negot

south africa. he was a well educated, sophisticated man. he knew white south africa, black south africa, poor south africa, wealthy south africa. one of his supporters said at the time when they were looking for a leader for this mass movement, in walks this six foot two inch massive demand. they said, yup, he is the one. mandela said at one of his first meetings, he stood in the room with the elders and said, i will be the first black president of south africa. he said that in the 1950s. >> and in south africa in recent line, what it was like to up in 1994, that first election. they still had tears in their eyes, still very vivid to them. legacy ofd that the nelson mandela would not be enough, that there was still a lot of work to be done in south africa. the country has problems. it is one of the leading places of rape in the country, aids is rampant. unemployment between the ages of 20 and 50 is more than 50%. but nelson mandela set the stage for the future. of them,t out the best this kind and gentle man. he always made the point, people ask, is he s

south africa. >> born to a local chief, mandela was one of 13 children and the first member of his family to atend school. apartheid that made colored south africans second class citizens. as white south africa became more aggressive, so did he. as the head of the armed wing to have african national congress, the a.m.c., he led violent, sabotage attacks and was arrested and tried in 1962. he would spend 27 years in jail, but he was never forgotten. 4 eventually international and internal pressure led president declercq to announce apartheid would be dismantled and mandela would walk free. but he reached out to his former oppressors and tried to heal a divided nation. in 1993, he and declercq shared the nobel peace prize. > fellow south africans. we appreciate the con contribution they have made to the development of this country. >> in 1994, he voted for the first time with millions of his fellow black south africans. he became a statesman, an international icon. for south africa, he was a symbol of the country it wanted to be, despite struggles with poverty, racism and aids. free of any hatred, free of bitterness. free of any idea of -- >> many will remember this. mandela celeb

this moment certainly changed many minds in south africa, certainly white south africa about nelson mandelaagain. >> reporter: a defining moment of that presidency would come during the 1995 rugby world cup. after decades in isolation, south africa's sporting teams could once again participate against the world's best. and the country's first democratically-elected president was there to cheer the springboks on in johannesburg. >> when he walked out of that tunnel wearing the number 6 jersey, that white predominantly afrikaners crowd starting chanting his name. watch the footage. as i say i get goose bumps. i could not believe what i was hearing. how could this ever happen? and yet he just understood fundamentally understood that that kind of a symbolic gesture of putting on a rugby jersey and identifying with a logo, a symbol, would go so much further than any speech or policy or political agenda ever. and he brought, i would estimate, 85% of white south africans on board right there on that day. >> it was magic. it was profound. it was incredibly necessary that the country and the people

reporter: and for the people of south africa, mandela's release ushered in a new era of hope and the end of apartheid. >> today the majority of south africa, black and white, recognize that apartheid has no future. >> reporter: in 1994 south african's castheir ballot in the first democratic election. >> this morning applause for the first black voter in history. >> reporter: mandela became the country's president, the first elected by all its people. >> we are all south africans. we have had a good fight, but now this is a time to heal the old wounds and to build a new south africa. >> reporter: after ruling for five years, nelson mandela passed the torch to the next generation and became an elder statesman to the world, a fighter, a visionary, the voice of his people and a moral compass for us all. >> you were there so many times, talked to his family members. >> several times, the first time ten years ago with my family. we actually went to robben island and stood in his cell and we couldn't imagine what it felt like. on one of my trips talking to his second wife winnie in their home and talking with such passion about the early years and the struggle a

repeatedly repeated the mantra that capitalism was the instrument of white oppression when i think the history of labor in south africa shows that capitalists acting in self interests especially in the strike of nine hundred twenty two insists that only employing black laborers because they were as productive as white laborers and cheaper capitalists have always tried to circumvent and bypass apartheid laws because a right or wrong lesson is in we're also at a time when again right john the last word in new york here what is history going to say about this man one hundred years from now look at your crystal ball first of all well first of all nobody is called nelson mandela capitalist but let me answer your question i think you'll be seen as a mixed leader i think who himself recognized his. personal and political for both but to come back to a point the jeremy made what strikes me is that had mendell a not steered the transition in the way that he did and embrace reconciliation things could have turned out to be far far worse politically ok that would have very strong not very positive now we have run out of time fol

. >> we are still dealing with colored, blacks, and whites in south africa, and the colored communitya culture. it is a way of life. that america does not use here, but for me raising my children in america, when i come to america, i am black, and when i go to south africa, i am colored. it is a whole weird way, but i find my music and my , i lookship in christ beyond that and try to speak for everything and for everyone as opposed to just, hey, i am doing this and just representing -- i am afraid to ask you what they call you in london. black here, colored there, what are you in london west and mark >> i say i am british, but not english. that is what i call it. i am british, not english. tavis: fair enough. ,he other thing i wanted to ask and we will hear your performance later, but with your record, your guitar, when you walked in, i wanted to see this. i have a director named johnson. when you walked in, and i saw , the thing is beautiful. i have never seen a design like that. this is wood? teak.s is african all alan keyes, and i can take it apart and put it back together again, a

apartheid abollished nelson mandela became president himself after south africa's first all race elections. >> i have fought very firmly against whiteination. i have fought very firmly against black domination. i cherish the idea of the new south africa where all south africans are equal. >> reporter: nelson mandela served just one five year term but remained perhaps the most influential figure in south african politics. certainly the most loved for what he went through, the dignity he displayed, and the change he brought about. but typically for him, mandela gave all the credit to his fellow citizens. >> south africa pass the generations, but it is you, the people, who are the true heros. >> serving one term but very influential. our senior foreign correspondence. i'm being told he is not available right now. we do have a live reporter there on the scene. we'll check in with him a little bit later. now, here is a man who achieved his goal of changing a country, changing our world. started as tribal royalty in his small african village. born on july 18th, 1918. we're watching some of the dignitaries file into that stadium because th

invikt us, the moment in 1995 when you have the rugbb team in south africa, all of the apartheid years, the colors they wore were of whiteg their championship match in 1995 and who comes out on the field wearing those colors with the crowd, 77,000 basically all white, nelson mandela. and the scene and power behind that and crowd is chanting his name. not just hollywood. that is a man who genuinely believed this should and could be one nation. and that's the ultimate action to prove it. >> i mean, one quote i was struck by from him, ari, about the forgiveness was he said hating clouds the mind and leaders cannot afford to hate. which speaks to the fact it was both a personal choice and personal attribute and also a strategy. what i hope that people also take out of this is that when you remember a great leader, you remember them as almost a saint as almost a super hero, someone completely unattainable. i hope we take this moment to look inside ourselves and see the parts of ourselves that are brave and that are courageous and recognize the fact that he was only a man. he is an incredible man. he was a man who did things w

south africa. we are not a black south africa and white south africa.one people. we will not be able to move forward. >> reverend al? >> part of his greatness was that he would stand up to the blacks that were more extreme and wanted retribution and revenge and declared to the africanas, talk about how he had to deal with his own base and bringing them towards reconciliation. >> exactly, reverend al. that's what i was touching on a moment ago. his base started to get out of control and the only thing that could keep them under control was his personal presence. his prestige. the position he occupied within the hearts and minds of the plaque people of south africa and the white people of south africa. it was that standard that he set as a leader that allowed him to say no, we cannot do this. just as he said about himself. if i were to go in this direction, i would still be in jail. if the black folks would do what some would something, we would be under a new form of apartheid. he was a great, great leader. a political leader and a strategist and a tactf

white city that was down the line. and he described the situation after nelson mandela was no longer president. that was still almost total ly separate or different between average black person who lived in south africa and the white people who lived in the villages. so i would say that there's been some slow progress made. there's been some very wealthy black people in south africa as you know, some of them. but the country has not realized the balance in be economic progress and educational progress and social progress that nelson mandela envisioned. >> we are in sandton a suburb of johannesburg. probably the wealthiest, more millionaires than in anywhere in south africa, we are in a hotel and probably a mile away from leavmentd alexander township. hihidden from view, there are people there that i guess at the end of apartheid, people thought would come better bus service and running waters, these are folks not looking to be rich, they thought there was a deal coming to them. i guess this is an expectation that everybody who turns to democracy and human rights looks for. >> well, that's one of the problems that exist. a few years ago my wife and i came here with a bunch of volunteers to build 100 h

>> i believe, according to god's will, that the white race should be preserved. >> with south africa'snal sanctions, internal political pressure and the decline of the communist threat, mandela was released from prison in 1990. in '94, he was elected president of the new, free south africa. ♪ there have been very few figures in the entire history of the world as revered or as important as nelson mandela. but the question is, what happens next? ♪ >> johannesburg or joburg or jozi. the largest city by population in south africa, and the economic powerhouse of the country. southwest of johannesburg, soweto. originally an acronym for southwestern townships. now the area is considered a suburb. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> in 2010, south africa played host to the world cup. the black jacks who played for the opening celebration are a soweto based band. they are also, not surprisingly, soccer fans. ♪ ♪ >> we're here on game day. a grudge match in a country where soccer approaches religion. you can feel it in soweto or rather you can see it as everywhere you look, people show their lov

reconciliation and aids and hiv and lgbt rights, which was very unusual for south africa. >> nick, i want to interrupt you to show that's the whitese flag at half staff being lowered, having been lowered earlier this evening. please proceed. >> it under scores to a degree not just a leader of south africa but a leader for the word, and, you know, i think he embodied a certain amount of self-sacrific self-sacrifice, there is a lot of frustration globally and here is a man that gave up a promising legal career, who gave up 27 years, who refused to be released early. insisted on unconditional release who separated from his wife because of -- in part because of her political behavior, and limited himself to one term. i mean, nobody more than he embodied that kind of self-sacrifice. >> rachial, his daughter said he was an extra vert to the world but when it came to his own family, awkward. why do you think that was? >> you know, when i had a chance to speak with the daughter and granddaughter of nelson mandela, i found it interesting one of the comments the daughter said is so many people believe nelson mandela fell from the sky, and

bitterness, no fear, no anger, no hostility, but someone who wanted to make south africa open for all people, including whitesblacks, women, and men. >> professor, like you, he was a lawyer. he was one of the first black practitioners in south africa. and he had a great legal challenge in taking over the presidency. first of all, laws had to be changed in order to even allow that kind of vote to occur and then there was a lot to consider by way of changing south african law when he became president. he went above that, it seems, in a careful and prudent way and was very mindful, it seems, of trying to keep the white minority actively included in participants of that government. >> you know, it's very interesting when you think about that. i think about his legal career not so much when he was president of south africa but when he was sentenced to 27 years in prison and he was then talking about the fact that he as a lawyer was being judged by a white judge, a white bailiff, everybody is white and of course him the defendant. he gave, i think, a magnificent speech about he's willing to die, if necessary, to pr

policy was pro-white south africa and really, mr.rrorist list until july 1st, 2008, taken off by president george bush. until 2008 he was still on the terrorist list. >> he said some things that were very controversial. in 2002, mandela said as the debate about the war in iraq was beginning but before the war had launched, he said quote, if there's a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world it is the united states of america. they don't care for human beings. now, obviously, there are lots of areas of american foreign policy that are ripe for criticism but to say the united states does not care about human beings does not seem to be a fair statement. how do you reconcile things like that that he said with the magnificence of his accomplishments and his forgiveness and everything great that he did? >> you know, we should be very humble in our approach about this, jake. 246 years legal slavery, 100 years of legal jim crow in our country, apartheid laws in this country gave rise to apartheid laws in south africa in

. >> as a white south african, you know that issues of race are a big issue in south africa. progress has been made, but it's an issue. as a white south african, what d he mean to you? >> as much as he meant to other south africans, i would hope to assume. the fact he was a strong person, liberating this country, making it a democratic country, so i had the ability to grow up. he meant the worth to me. >> how do you see south africa today. what is it like now? >> there's deep problems. in the race issue, there's deep problems, hopefully event like this, where we feel like we are united under one banner and we realise we are together, i hope we can all see that we come together and work together. >> and a lot of people will be meeting - most celebrating, some crying. why are people in a happy mood. >> in a happy mood. it's a celebration of his lix. a remembrance of his achievements and what he has done for us. i would say that's why people are jovial about the situation. what needs to be done to make sure that his legacy, his dream leads on. >> we need to remember his message,

as white south africa became more aggressive, so did he.e head of the armed wing of the african national congress, mandela led violent sabotage attacks and was arrested and in 1962. he would spend 27 years in jail. he was never forgotten. eventually, international and internal pressure led president klerk to announce apartheid would be dismantled and mandela would walk free. rather than seek richer view showing, nelson mandela reached oppressors.ormer he tried to heal a divided nation. and the clerk -- de klerk shared the nobel peace prize. >> in 1994, he voted for the with millions of his fellow black south africans. became a statesman and international icon. for south africa he was a symbol of the country and wanted to be despite struggles with poverty, and -- >> free of hatred, free of ofterness, free of any idea revenge. --many will remember this mandela celebrating south africa's place on the world hosted the 2010 soccer world cup. >> he is a great man. africa loves him. >> a simple tribute from a child sums up his place in south afric

than two decades since the end of apartheid in south africa but there's still plenty of unresolved anger it's definitely unsafe because if you see no white person around south africa mourns nelson mandela than racial tensions a deeper than ever in some corners of the nation we head to one such area just a few minutes from now. but not before we talked about ireland three years after going cap in hand to international bankers ireland says it's not ready to stand on its own two feet the country's managed to meet all the major targets under the multi-billion euro e.u. bailout program while avoiding serious public unrest in the same time test for a seller reports next from dublin. arlene will would itself be quote shackles of the troika on sunday and will wake up on monday as a quote mumolo european country standing on equal footing a confident claim by prime minister kenny ahead of the country's official exit from its bailout program for eighty five billion euros it cost the irish three years of painful austerity higher taxes slashed minimum wage which has since been raced back high youth unemployment and another wave of irish immigration i

the question i have for mtogelf as a man and as a president, we know that white south africa, the uigntedk sacrifice, people known and unknown to see the dawn of a new datred michele and i are ben tuiciarie of that struggle. but in america and in south africana and in countries all around the globe we cannot allow our progress, our work is not yet done. and the victory for uignversal franchise, and more oksarity thn those who came before us that th a are no less important. around the world today we still see children suffering from hunger and disease and rundown schools, we still see young pere,le without prospects for te futurred around the world today men and women are still imprisoned for their political beliefs and still persecuted for what th a look like and how they worship and who they love. that is happeignng todhe and growing in the quality. there are too many leaders who play solidarity in the struggle for freedom. and a sense of their own people. and too many of us, too many of us on the sidelines, comfortable in complacency but our voices must be heard. the questions we face t

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white house. >>> south africa is preparing final pro sessions leading to nelson mandela's funeral, as his body was driven to the capitol building. his casket will be transported from the mortuary to the government buildings. his body will lie in state for three days. on sunday, his body will be flown to his home village of kunu for burial. [ music ] >>> the eyes of the world were on johanesburg. tennessee of thousands of sounds africans honored nelson mandela. the atmosphere was celebratory. silverheads of states but none received cheers like the outpouring for barack obama. he thanks the crowd for inspiring one of the greatest leaders of our time. >> to the people of south africa people of every race and every walk of life, the world thanks you for sharing nelson mandela with us. >> president obama called mandela a giant of history. but it was a historic gesture before the president's speech that made headlines. mr. obama shaking the hand of cuba's president raul castro setting off a wave of criticism from cubaan american lawmakers. mark 0 rubio said if the president was going to shake his hand,

white south africans equally. that this was a new south africa, this is what we are doing -- reaching out, we must all be tolerant of each other. at the time it was the next ordinary moment that no one expected. well, thement as soccer stadium, rugby stadium at the time, a jumbo jet flew very low over the stadium. these days security would never allow this, but they had underneath it the new south nationbuildingof , with a combination of imagination, extremely well thought through strategy. the generous spirit made it authentic. >> rugby, once reserved in south africa primarily for whites was seen by blacks as a symbol of oppression. the country's new leadership has fought to use the game to bring about reconciliation. it was a high-stakes gamble. the man behind the plan, then president nelson mandela. >> south africans heeded the call. though there was just one black player, the nation love the sport. >> issa that you represent the country right now. -- he said that you represent the country right now. >> south africa went on to win the rugby world cup. despite the symbolism of the old, green rugby jersey, nelso

white exclusivity. but putting on the jersey and celebrating their triumph, mandela delivered a clear is only onehere south africa and it is shared by all its people. for white south africans, it was a seminal moment. rugbyrs later, another international, and supporters in a cape town bar sing the national anthem. in one of the 11 official languages of south africa. most of the team is still white, and most of its supporters, too. but things are changing. that is the number one priority. coach, no one would have -- a black coach, no one would have thought there would have been a black coach, but there is one today. africa is pinning its hopes on a new generation that has never experienced apartheid. today's schools are the seed beds of future equal opportunity for all. the reality is more complicated. depending on the area, the yougraphics of the area, have to resolve to come to the school, to live in the area. >> that means integration for the new rich in upmarket areas like this one. but there is segregation for the majority who are still poor. a nelson mandela posturing of nonracial south africa is ever to com

has there been enough change in south africa, the white minority controls the majority of the economy>> he was good at leading. the task that if asked him after taking power in 1994, and the period between his release in 1990 and 1994 elections was a tush -- tush u lant war. he led the negotiations, he was not the chief negotiators. he oversaw the negotiations to this new constitution that brought south africa into a new political dispensation with a strong bill of rights, in fact, a model bill of rights, a strong independent supreme court. he was very much the leader of a transition, and then in his first five years of office, his only five years, because we must remember one of his great lessons of leadership is that he stepped down after a term and relinquished power. during the five years most of the attention was put on revising, repealing the apartheid laws that made south africa a segregated society and modifying other laws and dealing with the needs of electricity, housing, water, sewerage, basic provisions to make life better in the african townships outside the cities. the p