LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

South Africa by-elections results

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Oct 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:58

Description

Report on the South Africa by-elections with the gaining of the first Parliamentary seat for the right-wing Herstigte National Party (by Louis Stofberg), which rejects granting of political rights to the black majority, and on the general swing against President P.W. Botha’s National Party and its limited constitutional reform programme. Includes comment from Stofberg and Bishop Desmond Tutu. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Desmond Tutu; Louis Stofberg

Keywords

Elections; Interethnic relations; South Africa; Apartheid; Political parties; Political reform; Black African peoples; P. W. Botha; National Party; Herstigte National Party; Louis Stofberg

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