The man who took the former President Nelson Mandela to court has died. Louis Luyt died at the age of 80.
He will be remembered for his clash with the ANC when he chose to play only the
Afrikaans section of the national anthem at the Springbok rugby Test
match against the All Blacks at Ellis Park stadium. He then became very infamous when he took former President Nelson Mandela to court.
President Mandela said he had risked his political future after his
release by promoting "the game of the enemy" - rugby is a near religion
to Afrikaners. "I would never have imagined that Louis would be so insensitive,
ungrateful and disrespectful to say when I gave my affidavit [submitted
earlier to the court] I was lying," said Nelson Mandela.