LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Muldergate inquiry in S Africa

Genre

News report; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

28 Sep 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:02:25

Description

Geoff Sims reports on an inquiry into the Muldergate political scandal in South Africa involving former Prime Minister B J Vorster, Minister of Information Dr Connie Mulder, and Secretary of Department of Information Dr Eschel Rhoodie, after they were implicated in plans to use government resources to fight a propaganda war for the apartheid regime. Speaking are: Justice Anton Mostert rejecting calls for the inquiry to be secret; opposition leader Colin Eglin.

Contributors

Geoff Sims; Anton Mostert; Colin Eglin

Keywords

Politics; Newspapers; South Africa; Apartheid; Public finance; Eschel Rhoodie; Propaganda; Prime ministers; Political corruption; Heads of state; Public inquiries; Political leaders; Political scandals; P. W. Botha; National Party; Connie Mulder; B. J. Vorster

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