A personal reminiscence of the Nobel laureate, whose anti-apartheid novels masked her own ruthless ideology

'Although Mandela is an incomparably more important figure than Princess Diana, the process by which the real person is replaced by a fantasy is no more edifying this time'

The assistance Nelson Mandela’s party received from the Soviet Union still influences the ideology of South Africa’s government

Most of the world-beating cricket team of the 1970s were anti-apartheid. Now they are shut out from the national game