Nelson Mandela visits Sweden
- Title
- Nelson Mandela visits Sweden
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
- TX Date
- 13 Mar 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:01:59
- Description
- James Bays reports on Nelson Mandela’s first tour outside of Africa since his release from prison. He visited and here pays tribute to his friend and former ANC leader Oliver Tambo, who is recovering from a stroke in Sweden. Mandela says that whether or not he has talks with UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will be decided by the ANC at the right time, but his message to all countries is to intensify sanctions against South Africa.
- Contributors
- Nelson Mandela; James Bays
- Keywords
- Margaret Thatcher; South Africa; UK; Economic sanctions; Prime ministers; Foreign policy; Sweden; Political leaders; Visits; ANC; Political activists; Nelson Mandela; Oliver Tambo
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