Much like Martin Luther King Jr, when Nelson Mandela passed away he was praised as a hero in US media coverage but not at the time when Washington was backing the apartheid regime in South Africa. And as predictable as the sun rise, the corporate media neglected to mention the CIA's role in his capture by South African intelligence, despite focusing much of their reporting on that particular history: Imagine if it had been Iranian intelligence that facilitated his capture. It would've been the centerpiece of the coverage. See also: New York Times: C.I.A. TIE REPORTED IN MANDELA ARREST
