Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
Beginning in a jail cell and ending in a rugby tournament- the true story of how the most inspiring charm offensive in history brought South Africa together\ After being released from prison and winning South Africa's first free election, Nelson Mandela presided over a country still deeply divided by fifty years of apartheid. His plan was ambitious if not far-fetched: use the national rugby team, the Springboks-long an embodiment of white-supremacist rule-to embody and engage a new South...
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Beginning in a jail cell and ending in a rugby tournament- the true story of how the most inspiring charm offensive in history brought South Africa togetherAfter being released from prison and winning South Africa's first free election, Nelson Mandela presided over a country still deeply divided by fifty years of apartheid. His plan was ambitious if not far-fetched: use the national rugby team, the Springboks-long an embodiment of white-supremacist rule-to embody and engage a new South Africa as they prepared to host the 1995 World Cup. The string of wins that followed not only defied the odds, but capped Mandela's miraculous effort to bring South Africans together again in a hard-won, 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
