LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Select Committee discusses sanctions against South Africa

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

4 Jul 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:40

Description

While Nelson Mandela met with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, discussions on sanctions were being discussed at a Select Committee hearing. Comment from Labour MP and committee chairman Robert Hughes; Conservative MP, Nigel Forman, who suggested that sanctions could be eased after progress from F. W. de Klerk’s government; Apartheid Secretary, Abdul Minty.

Contributors

Des Fahy; Nigel Forman; Robert Hughes; Abdul Minty

Keywords

Government; Margaret Thatcher; South Africa; UK; Apartheid; Economic sanctions; Anti-apartheid movements; Prime ministers; Foreign policy; Committees; Political leaders; Meetings; Nelson Mandela; F. W. De Klerk

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