The Fissures That Followed Mandela

Nelson Mandela at home in Qunu in 2011. (Adrian Steirn via Getty Images) Thirty years after the historic end to apartheid in South Africa, life remains so precarious for so many that uncomfortable questions are being asked of leaders who failed to carry the reconciliation project forward. BY SISONKE MSIMANG – Sisonke Msimang is the author of “Always Another Country” and “The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela.” There’s a set of traffic lights at a busy intersection in the plush Johannesburg suburb of Rosebank that is often on the blink. Each time the power goes out — “load-shedding” is the technical term; … Continue reading The Fissures That Followed Mandela