Nelson Mandela's death comes at a difficult time for South Africa

Nelson Mandela with current South African President Jacob Zuma (L) and former president Thabo Mbeki Photo: AFP Johannesburg: The death of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president and an enduring icon of the struggle against racial oppression, has left the nation without its moral centre at a time of growing dissatisfaction with the country’s leaders. Years after he retreated from public life, his name still resonated as an emblem of his effort to transcend decades of racial division and create what South Africans...