Indeed. A great, great man. Prior to the downfall of Apartheid (an imbecile system if there ever was one) I had given up South Africa as a nation. My thoughts were: "Those Boer cretins, they missed their chance of developing a black middle class by several decades to ease the power over to them and let the white minority survive still. Now this will all end in bloodshed, what a waste."
But it didn't (for all the problems South Africa had in its transitional phase and continues to have: Apartheid's shadow is long as regards an even remotely fair distribution of wealth for generations to come). Because of one man's ability to forgive and unify the country. During my first South Africa trip I paid my respects in Robben Island, that place needs forgiving.
And now they sing their national anthem (a mix of melodies of an Afrikaans hymn and a Black-African one) in five languages verse for verse.
Mandela's do.