00:00 (CROWD CHEERING)
00:02 Rugby was always the Afrikaner's sport.
00:06 Divisive, a symbol of apartheid.
00:09 But to Mandela, the Rugby World Cup final in Joburg
00:13 was an opportunity.
00:15 (UPBEAT MUSIC)
00:17 Our prayers should be for the Springboards,
00:20 because we are a new nation.
00:24 Madiba understood that you had to find symbols
00:28 that would unite people.
00:30 It was a huge gamble.
00:32 The game which was for sporting embodiment of apartheid
00:38 is now being marketed as a positive force for unity
00:42 in this newly democratic nation.
00:44 Nelson Mandela's political philosophy
00:49 had always been a South Africa which embraced all its people.
00:53 This was the moment that could symbolise
00:56 South Africans coming together.
00:58 Siakolisi would not have happened
01:02 if the seeds of inclusivity and transformation were not sown.
01:06 Courageously so, despite all odds.
01:09 By Madiba, Nelson Mandela.
01:11 Sport can create hope
01:24 where once there was only despair.
01:27 There was only despair.
01:28 (MUSIC ENDS)
01:30 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:34 (whooshing)
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