LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Winnie Mandela’s home burnt down

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

28 Jul 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:52

Description

The home of black South African leader Winnie Mandela has been burnt down by a mob of black youths, she wasn’t at home. It appears the arson was the result of a feud between rival gangs of teenagers. Nigel Wrench was at the scene shortly after the attack, by which time the Mandela home was a charred shell and speaks to a local teenager and eyewitness (not identified).

Contributors

Nigel Wrench

Keywords

Fires; South Africa; Apartheid; Adolescents; Black African peoples; Arson; Nelson Mandela; Winnie Mandela

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