Description For almost two decades, Zelda la Grange stood beside Nelson Mandela as his closest assistant. With his death, she had to face hard questions about herself and her life’s purpose. Her mourning for Madiba was compounded by the loss of the South Africa he had envisaged. Tired and angry, she sent off a barrage of extremely hurtful tweets, sparking a public outcry. ‘Have you learnt nothing from Mr Mandela?’ critics asked. Deeply ashamed, La Grange set out to distil the lessons from her nineteen years of first-hand experience at Madiba’s side, observing his interactions with people both ordinary and famous, like Hansie Cronjé and Bill Clinton.
