At Mandela’s memorial service a huge cheer went up when a man dressed in white entered the FNB Stadium in Soweto.John Humphrys, who reported on the service live for the BBC’s Today programme, suddenly announced: “My goodness, it’s the Pope!” His fellow commentator, Ranjeni Munusamy, associate editor of the South African news site, the Daily Maverick, added: “I’m Catholic, so my heart leapt when I saw him.” But later Humphrys explained: “I ca