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 [Zwelakhe Sisulu is detained] Original Airdate: 7/1/1986 Length: 00:03:08 Item Type: newstape - edited story master Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract Christy George reports that Zwelakhe Sisulu (Editor, The New Nation) has been detained by the South African government. George notes that Sisulu's friends and colleagues in the US held a press conference to draw publicity to his case in the hopes of protecting him. George reports that Sisulu lived in Cambridge in 1985 when he was a fellow at the Niemann Foundation at Harvard University. George's report includes footage from a press conference of present and former Niemann Fellows including Michael Pride (Editor, Concord Monitor), Carmen Fields (WBZ-TV), Derek Jackson (Newsday), Callie Crossley (documentary producer), Paul Solman (documentary producer) and Carol Rissman (WBUR-FM). Pride says that the group has written a letter to P.W. Botha (President of South Africa. He adds that the group will hold Botha personally responsible for Sisulu's safety. Members of the group speak out against Sisulu's detention. George reports that the Niemann Fellows hope that the South African government will treat Sisulu carefully because he has prominent friends abroad. George's report includes footage from an interview with Sisulu in 1984, photos of Sisulu and his family and footage of South Africa. Contributor : Reporter Christy George
Subject : Keywords Apartheid Journalists Subject : Personal Names Crossley, Callie Fields, Carmen George, Christy Jackson, Derek Mandela, Nelson Pride, Michael Rissman, Carol Sisulu, Albertine Sisulu, Walter Sisulu, Zwelakhe Solman, Paul Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) Niemann Foundation Subject : Geographic Locations South Africa Type : Genre News - Television |
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