Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
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In 1985, Nelson Mandela, then in prison for twenty-three years, set about winning over the fiercest proponents of apartheid before setting his sights on the nation's first free elections in 1994. But perhaps his greatest challenge was finding a cause that would unite the nation, fractured after fifty years of apartheid. His choice was one of the most far-fetched imaginable: the Springboks, their national rugby team, long an embodiment of white supremacist rule.The Springboks' chances-both of victory and inspiring unity-seemed remote. But as their string of wins lengthened, South Africans of every color and political stripe began falling for the team, Soon, millions were gathered around their television sets watching as the Springboks ended their season with an incredible win-and capped Mandela's miraculous ten-year-long effort to unite all South Africans in an enduring bond.
Introduction 1Chapter I Breakfast in Houghton 7Chapter II The Minister of Justice 19Chapter III Separate Amenities 37Chapter IV Bagging the Croc 49Chapter V Different planets 61Chapter VI Ayatollah Mandela 75Chapter VII The Tiger King 93Chapter VIII The Mask 105Chapter IX The Bitter-Enders 121Chapter X Romancing the General 133Chapter XI "Address Their Hearts" 145Chapter XII The Captain and the President 159Chapter XIII Springbok Serenade 171Chapter XIV Silvermine 183Chapter XV Doubting Thomases 191Chapter XVI The Number Six Jersey 201Chapter XVII "Nelson! Nelson!" 213Chapter XVIII Blood in the Throat 227Chapter XIX Love Thine Enemy 241Epilogue 255Where are They Now? 259Acknowledgments 263A Note on Sources 265Index 267
