Mandela made sainthood work in political arena

John Kane, Griffith University, delivering an address
Centre for Governance and Public Policy
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A remarkable leader who used his saintly profile to powerful political effect. This was how Griffith University political scientist Professor John Kane described Nelson Mandela today, following the death of South Africa’s first black president at the age of 95. “He is a prime example of someone who used moral capital to great effect,” Professor […]