Why does Mandela want the National Sports Council to reverse the vote which would change the name and colours of the Springboks

When Mandela gets wind of the fact that the National Sports Council has voted to completely reconstitute the national rugby team, he goes directly to their meeting to speak with them and convince them to keep the old rugby team. In spite of Brenda's insistence that he ought not to risk looking like an autocrat over the emblem and colors of a rugby team, he is sure that the key to South African peace and unity is to push through the racial friction that has plagued the nation in the past and create a culture of forgiveness and acceptance.