Even before the full time whistle went, Sakhumzi bar in Johannesburg's Sowe...
Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup - Final - England v South Africa - International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan - November 2, 2019 South Africa's Siya Kolisi lifts the Webb Ellis Cup as they celebrate winning the world cup final. REUTERS/Kiyoshi Ota
The crowd at this outdoor bar on Vilakazi Street in Soweto — made famous by being the home of two of the most celebrated resisters of apartheid – late former President Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu — reflected the harmonious multiracial society that South Africa still aspires to become. For many this was South Africa’s most unifying game of rugby since the 1995 final win against the All Blacks of New Zealand, when Mandela donned a springbok jersey to unite a nation trying to heal the scars left over from racist white minority rule.
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