Nelson Mandela to be freed

Title

Nelson Mandela to be freed

Genre

Interview

TX Date

2 Feb 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:16

Description

Interview with anti-apartheid campaigner, Mike Terry, reacting to a speech made at the State Opening of Parliament by South African President F. W. de Klerk announcing Black nationalist leader, Nelson Mandela, will be freed from prison soon, and that the thirty-year ban on the ANC will be lifted; criticises decision by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to relax restrictions on visits by artists and scientists to South Africa. Reporter not identified. For Update programme.

Contributors

Mike Terry

Keywords

Political prisoners; Margaret Thatcher; South Africa; Apartheid; Economic sanctions; Anti-apartheid movements; Black African peoples; ANC; Nelson Mandela; Update (radio programme); F. W. De Klerk

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