The death of Nelson Mandela has exposed the failings of his successors

December 13, 2013 16:18

Never, never and never again will South Africa receive in one day anything like the number of global leaders that turned up for Nelson Mandela's memorial service at the FNB stadium this week.

Never again -- short, maybe, of another football World Cup -- will the country receive such widespread and intense media attention.

It was an opportunity to do honour to Mandela and put on a spectacle to display South Africa, as befitted the mighty occasion, in the best possible light. But, boy, did they blow it. Read

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