Ngemuva kwekukhululwa kwakhe ejele, Nelson Mandela uhlangana nemalunga lamcoka naladlala indzima emmangweni kwentela kulungisa tepolitiki ye Ningizimu Afrika kuchubekela phambili. Mandela wahlangana nalababalulekile kanye nebepoloitiki labasuka mhlaba wonkhe kutokhulumisana ngetepolitiki talelive. Lababantfu bepolitiki bekungu Lord Carrington, nempolitiki wase Brithishi lowasebenta e Winston Churchil kukhebinethi kanye na Henry Kissinger, lobekangumabhalane we Melika. Bacala kuvana lokucinile base baba nebudlelwane kulesikhatsi sebungameli ba Mandela.
Bemaphephandzaba bebavama kutsatsa titfombe nabatfola ematfuba emihlangano lefana nalena. Mandela washo kubemaphephandzaba: “Lilanga lelukhetfo alukho eluhlelweni,” kusho kutsi lomhlangano phakatsi kwebantfu labatsatfu be politiki bebangekho emkhatsini wekusondzela kwelukhetfo lwa 1994.
“Ngalokubalulekile nginelitsemba. Noma loko kuvela ngendalo noma ngekunakekela, angeke sengisho.” ~ Nelson Mandela