ANC training camps

Title

ANC training camps

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Special

TX Date

Jan 1987

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:22:33

Description

Special report from SABC Audio News Service in Johannesburg, on the handling by the African National Congress of its terrorist recruits (portrayed as such in report). Chris Okkers reports on the poor conditions in ANC camps in other nations, such as Angola, and the existence of punishment camps as discovered by the security police which has led to the death and disillusionment of recruits; former terrorists back up the police discoveries and speak of their experiences; Colonel Jack Buchner of the security police, on the criminality of the ANC; Craig Williamson, former South African spy, on the South African Communist Party’s connection to the ANC; the commanding officer of the police security branch makes a statement on camps and their conditions. Male presenter not identified.

Contributors

Chris Okkers; Jack Buchner; Craig Williamson; SABC

Keywords

Crime; Terrorism; South Africa; Apartheid; Angola; USSR; Propaganda; Living conditions; Corruption; ANC; Sexual abuse; South African Communist Party

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