Mandela may be released

Title

Mandela may be released

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

18 Aug 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:31

Description

Bill Prince reports from Cape Town on a speech by South African President, P.W. Botha at the opening of the National Party congress in Durban, proposing the release of ANC leader Neson Mandela (who is now in a Cape Town hospital suffering from a form of tuberculosis) should he reject the use of violence. Includes excerpts of Botha’s speech.

Contributors

P. W. Botha; Bill Prince

Keywords

Interethnic relations; South Africa; Apartheid; Political conferences; Conferences; Imprisonment; Black African peoples; Nelson Mandela; Cape Town; National Party (South Africa); Tuberculosis

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