Inkosi Mandla Mandela recalled the years when his country was an outcast, kept alive by global solidarity. Inkosi Mandla Mandela recalled the years when his country was an outcast, kept alive by global solidarity. From this shore, we send you strength, words, life.”For South Africa, the presence of Mandela in Tunis is symbolic. His intervention gave the gathering a reference point, a reminder of what international solidarity can achieve. “We carry the hopes of the world when we say the Palestinians will be free,” Mandela told them.