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From Our Own Correspondent: Jordan and South Africa

12/07/2013

Jordan and South Africa

BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent, Jordan and South Africa

How the Jordanian public feels about Abu Qatada - and South Africa's struggle with Mandela

How the Jordanian public feels about Abu Qatada - and South Africa's struggle with Mandela's legacy.

In Amman, Yolande Knell finds out how the Jordanian public feels about Abu Qatada and takes a look inside his new home, the highly modern Al-Muwaqar Prison. In Johannesburg, a trip to the theatre prompts Gabriel Gatehouse to ponder over South Africa's struggle with Mandela's legacy. Can the country come to terms with the idea that even a national and historic hero might have something of the sinner as well as the saint?

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