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Rugby race-row tarnishes the Rainbow Nation

White flanker Watson classified �black� as politicians interfere with team selection By Fred Bridgland in Johannesburg

South Africa declared the creation of a "non-racial democracy" back in 1994 after the country's first all-race election was held. Nelson Mandela became state president, and apartheid was consigned to the dustbin of history.