“The late president Nelson Mandela espoused values of hard work and unwavering perseverance. Mr Mandela’s legacy has forever been imprinted in the hearts and minds not only of my fellow South Africans, but the world over.” The 23-year-old Tarryn Abrahams, a master’s law student from the University of the Western Cape, recently received the prestigious Mandela Scholarship, and will thus soon be trading her hometown, Kuils River, for Leiden.