Nelson Mandela died. Then he died again… and again… and again in the media (before and after his desmise). There were accusations of death-thirsty media and lying government. There were debates over what constituted death. If there were any truth to radical rumours and urban legends of a black uprising and white genocide upon Mandela’s exit from our world and future, then South Africa was given armour by the debacle for South African’s had being desensitised to the the true moment of his death.