LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Winnie Mandela returns home amid calls for political change in South Africa

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

2 Apr 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:03:40

Description

Report on Winnie Mandela being allowed to move back to her Soweto home legally after 11 years of a banning order. She talks to the press saying she should never have taken from her home in the first place and she is not hopeful of Nelson Mandela being released anytime soon. Also reports on Archbishop Desmond Tutu calling for economic sanctions by other countries to force political change in South Africa (includes excerpt of press conference). Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Desmond Tutu; Winnie Mandela

Keywords

Politics; Political prisoners; South Africa; Apartheid; Archbishops; Political systems; Economic sanctions; Political reform; Black African peoples; Soweto; Nelson Mandela; Winnie Mandela; Desmond Tutu

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