As the day of the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup dawned, and the Springboks faced New Zealand's all-conquering All Blacks, more was at stake than a sporting trophy. When Nelson Mandela appeared wearing a Springboks jersey and led the all-white Afrikaner-dominated team in singing South Africa's new national anthem, he conquered white South Africa.
Playing the Enemy tells the extraordinary human story of how that moment became possible. It shows how a sport, once the preserve of South Africa's Afrikaans-speaking minority, came to unify the new rainbow nation, and tells of how - just occasionally - something as simple as a game really can help people to rise above themselves and see beyond their differences.
- ISBN10 1594201749
- ISBN13 9781594201745
- Publish Date 14 August 2008 (first published 1 August 2008)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Penguin Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 274
- Language English