south Africans call themselves a rainbow nation. why
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The phrase was elaborated upon by President Nelson Mandela in his first month of office, when he proclaimed: "Each of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria and the mimosa trees of the bushveld– a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.."Rainbow nation, as a spoken metaphor for South African unity is uniquely (although not deliberately) represented by the South African flag, which sports 6 different colours.South African political commentators have been known to speculate on "rainbowism", whereby true domestic issues such as the legacy of racism , crime, and the like are glossed over and "sugar-coated" by the cover of rainbow peace.
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