Nelson Mandela was known around the world for his forgiveness.
Nelson Mandela achieved something rare in this cynical age: He is widely regarded a hero in his own time and even in his own land.
Leaders from around the world will gather in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday to memorialize a man elevated to near sainthood in the eyes of some in parts of the world. The world will pay tribute to the life of a man who played a central role in the liberation of black South Africans in a historic and bloodless transition of power.
South Africa's white rulers enforced the notorious system known by the Afrikaans word as "apartness," or apartheid, which was a relic of the ...