Sanctions on South Africa

Title

Sanctions on South Africa

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

25 Oct 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:21

Description

Report on the British Government’s stance against sanctions on South Africa including the comments of Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC, who attacks UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s stance following the Commonwealth Conference in the Bahamas, and treatment of heads of state there. Speakers are: Oliver Tambo; Geoffrey Howe, Foreign Secretary in the Commons on inutility of sanctions; John Carlisle MP. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Geoffrey Howe; John Carlisle; Oliver Tambo

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; South Africa; UK; Great Britain; Apartheid; International relations; Political systems; Conferences; Economic sanctions; Political reform; Anti-apartheid movements; Commonwealth of Nations; Heads of state; ANC

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