Mandela's Eroding Legacy

THE ERODING LEGACY OF NELSON MANDELA: A tragedy has played itself out over the twelve years since Nelson Mandela ended his presidential term, leaving behind a legacy of tolerance, hope and accountability. Slowly the rats of opportunism and greed have moved in and gnawed away at all that he stood for, to the point where very little evidence of it remains. Except our collective memory of what was, and could still be. That, thankfully, can never be taken from us.