Title

Black South African leaders leave refuge

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

19 Oct 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:56

Description

Nigel Wrench reports from Johannesburg in South Africa as 3 black political leaders who took refuge in the US consulate five weeks ago walked out and possibilities of their re-arrest due to upcoming elections. The government had promised not to rearrest them (they escaped jail when taken for hospital treatment). Mohammed Vali, the General Secretary of the UDF makes a speech after walking out that amounts to a challenge to the Government.

Contributors

Nigel Wrench; Mohammed Vali

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Political prisoners; Interethnic relations; South Africa; Embassies and consulates; Apartheid; Political systems; Black African peoples; Escapes; Nelson Mandela; Arrests; Winnie Mandela; UDF

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