Withdrawing US investment in South Africa

Title

Withdrawing US investment in South Africa

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

12 Jan 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:07

Description

Report on the visit to South Africa of US Senator Edward Kennedy, to discuss withdrawing American investment in the country over apartheid, and the protests against the visit (shouting heard). Includes addresses by US ambassador to South Africa Herman W. Nickel and Edward Kennedy; comment from KwaZulu Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi and opposition spokesman Horace van Rensburg. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Edward Kennedy; Mangosuthu Buthelezi; Horace van Rensburg; Herman W. Nickel

Keywords

USA; Interethnic relations; South Africa; Political protests; Apartheid; Economic sanctions; Political reform; Edward Kennedy; Investment; Black African peoples

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