Mandela akakwezva gakava nekuda kwehukama hwake hwepedyo nemutungamiri weIndonesia Suharto, ane hurumende yaive nemhosva yekushungurudzwa kwekodzero dzevanhu, kunyangwe paakashanyira Indonesia muna Chikunguru 1997 akakurudzira Suharto kuti abve mukutonga kweEast Timor. Akasanganawo nekushoropodzwa kwakafanana kubva kuWest nekuda kwekubatana kwehurumende yake nekutengeserana neSyria, Cuba, neLibya, uye nekuda kweshamwari dzake naCastro naGaddafi. Castro akashanyira mu1998 kuti awane rumbidzo yakapararira, uye akasangana naMandela Gaddafi muLibya kuti amupe Order yeGood Hope. Hurumende dzekuMadokero nenhepfenyuro pavakashora kushanya uku, Mandela akatsoropodza kutsoropodza kwakadai sekune rusarura, uye akataura kuti "vavengi venyika dziri kuMadokero havasi vavengi vedu".
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