Sonn said he was very optimistic that Mbekiwill make a fine president, calling him "a superbCEO with a strategic objective and realizablegoals on the bottom line".
Shifting to American politics, Sonn bucked whathe called the prevailing opinion and saidPresident Clinton is not immoral.
"An immoral person has no standards and justgoes around doing whatever he wants to," Sonnsaid. "A person who is able to return andapologize can't be called immoral."
Prolonged, loud applause followed the speech.Audience members agreed that Sonn's presentationwas eloquent and inspirational, but some offered afew criticisms.
"We all know that Mandela is an exceptionalleader. I wish he had talked a little more abouthis own experiences," said Mary Frances Mitchner,a graduate of the KSG who lived in Cape Town,South Africa, for a year.
"It was inspiring and an interesting follow-upto Mandela's own speech," Fisher said.
Mandela visited Harvard in September. He spokein Tercentenary Theatre and was awarded anhonorary degree.
Sonn said he is anxious, now that his term hasended, to return home and see the changes in hisnation firsthand.
"I am desperate to get back to South Africa,"he said. "I haven't lived in the new South Africayet."