Friday, 06 December 2013 19:00 In Death, as in Life, Truth About Mandela Overlooked Written by Alex Newman font size With the widely anticipated passing of South African revolutionary leader Nelson Mandela late Thursday, December 5, presidents and dictators from around the world — as well as everyday people, and especially the press — are in mourning. Lost amid the tsunami of praise and adoration, almost canonization even according to some of his supporters, however, is the truth about the man himself, who was, after all, still just a man. The announcement of Mandela's death was made by current South African President Jacob Zuma, the fourth leader of the so-called "rainbow nation" ushered in after the fall of Apartheid rule some two decades ago. "Our beloved Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the founding President of our democratic nation has departed," said Zuma, a polygamous tribal chief who, amid never-ending corruption scandals, regularly s...