INVICTUS, the power of the sport

I AM THE MASTER OF MY FATE,
I AM THE CAPTAIN OF MY SOUL.

Questions:
1. Where does the action take place?
2. Who's the president of the country?
3. What's he fighting for?
4. What does wound and heal mean?
5. Can you find sentences in the text using these words?
6. What's apartheid?
7. What does the colour green in the t-shirts mean?
8. What was Mandela's intentions with the rugby match?

Answer:
1. From rubgy.
2. Nelson Mandela.
3. To make peace between the blacks and whites.
4. Injustice against the blacks wounded their pride and Nelson Mandela helped to heal those wounds.
5. Destiny, unite, diverse, struggle, segregation, abominable system.
6. Apartheid consisted of numerous laws that allowed the ruling white minority in South Africa to segregate, exploit and terrorize the vast majority: Africans, mostly, but also Asians and Coloureds- people of mixed race. In white-ruled South Africa, black people were denied basic human rights and political rights.
7. Hope and unity.
8. Unite black with white.