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    1. Synopsis of Invictus Invictus is a film based on Nelson Mandela’s life during the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team to help unite their country. Morgan Freeman holding as a South African leader Nelson Mandela‚ whose recently been released from nearly 30 years of captivity in a tiny cell. He was been elected and become his country president. He believes one way to achieve

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    The Apartheid

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    Apartheid in South Africa South Africa is one of the most well known countries in the massive continent of Africa. Located on the southern tip of Africa‚ it contains many great cities‚ including Cape Town and Johannesburg‚ and landforms‚ such as Table Mountain and the Kalahari Desert. The people today live with good confidence and proud to live in one of the most successful African countries‚ but the past is a whole different topic. Whites wanted to develop separately from blacks and colored people

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    scene where everyone has come together as they are waving the new South African flag and cheering for the Springboks. Nelson Mandela says ‘ I want to thank you most sincerely for what you have done to our country” to Francois which demonstrates that even when the country had previously divided into blacks and white that they are still able to come together. That is when Nelson Mandela stood up for what he believed in‚ in order for the country to realise that the country doesn’t need to be against each

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    You may not believe in these things‚ but it’s great to open your mind to the endless possibilities. You can also read biographies of amazing people. People who helped change the world and make it better. People like Gandhi‚ Martin Luther King‚ Nelson Mandela and more recently Steve Jobs. In my opinion‚ I prefer books. When people tell me they simply don’t like books I don’t believe them. How can someone not like books? I tell them that they just haven’t found the right books for them. The right

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    social obstacle is Nelson Mandela. He fought against racial discrimination and sought equal rights for everyone. Although he was arrested for 27 years in jail‚ Nelson Mandela did not stop his journey. In fact‚ after his release‚ he was able to organise a multicultural

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    Leadership Style LDR/531 Leadership Style On the 5th December 2013‚ the whole world was mourning the death of a leader who was considered‚ as one of‚ if not the greatest leader the world have known in the 20th century. Symbol of peace and justice‚ Nelson Mandela was born on July 18th 1918‚ in Mveso‚ Transkei‚ South Africa. At the age of 24 he joined the African National Congress one‚ the black party fighting against the South African government and its racist policies. After many years of peaceful and

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    The movie Invictus tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport‚ Mandela rallies South Africa’s rugby team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World

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    how the film invictious relates to hope and courage‚ the film works around two main characters‚ Morgan Freeman as South African President Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as François Pienaar‚ the captain of the South African rugby union team the Springboks. The film displays that hope and courage are very important aspects of Presidential leadership; Nelson Mandela is displayed in the film to be both hopeful and courageous. The scene from the film I have seen to best display these features; is best

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    racism? In the movie “Invictus” the leader of South Africa Nelson Mandela represents a God instrument to achieve the peace in South Africa. The terrorism already had caused big damages in the country. Fear was part of the diary life of this people and with the rugby sport meetings in the stadium people found a way to be free of those fears and to forgive them. 2) What is significant about the use of sports in this recovery? Nelson Mandela through the rugby sport found a way to unite the South

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    Truth and Reconciliation

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    suffering of people who have had their language and culture stolen from them and had been severely abused in the process. Looking chronologically South Africa were the first to come up with their solution. In 1995‚ South Africa’s new president Nelson Mandela appointed Arch-Bishop Desmond Tutu as the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Arch-Bishop Tutu went about putting together the Truth and Commission appointing a diverse group of South Africans to TRC 2 lead the commission and

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