The most recent programs for the Apartheid Tag http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?topic=959 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT Wed, 22 May 2013 19:03:37 GMT Ms. Gobodo-Madikezela talked about her book [A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness], published by Houghton Mifflin Co. Ms. Gobodo-Madikizela, who grew up in a black South African township, is the only psychologist to have served on that country's the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She had many conversations with Eugene de Kock, the former commanding officer of the apartheid police squads. De Koch, whose nicknames include "Dr. Death" and "Prime Evil," is currently serving 212 years in prison for crimes against humanity. Much of the book is set during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings, during which both the perpetrators and their victims were given the right to be heard. Ms. Gobodo-Madikizela suggests that the TRC hearings may not have produced complete reconciliation, but the validation the victims received and the absolution they subsequently offered was therapeutic and necessary for the creation of the new democracy. Albie Sachs, a judge with the Constitutional Court of South Africa joins Ms. Gobodo-Madikizela. After their presentations, they answered questions from members of the audience. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/160652-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/160652-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Mathabane talked about his book, [Miriam's Song: A Memoir], published by Touchstone Books. The book is written in his sister Miriam's voice about her experiences growing up in a ghetto under apartheid South Africa. Mr. Mathabane talked about life under apartheid, which included racism, hunger, the inferior Bantu education system for black South Africans, and the many difficult experiences his family experienced. He says his father earned about $10 a week, which wasn't enough to provide for his nine-member family. Mr. Mathabane also discussed his mother, who was his source of hope through her story-telling and care, and who continually fought for his access to education. He also described his initial hatred of whites based on his interaction with the police who raided the ghetto, and his change of heart through other relationships. Mr. Mathabane answered questions at the end of the program from members of the audience. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/165797-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/165797-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT Ambassador Sisulu spoke to reporters about the upcoming South African elections scheduled for June 2, 1999, and the campaigns being run by the candidates. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/123280-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/123280-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT South Africa President de Klerk spoke before the South African Parliament on the repeal of apartheid laws in South Africa. He spoke specifically on the occasion of the repeal of the population registration act, which had required all births in South Africa to be classified by race. Other apartheid laws repealed in the previous year were the land acts, which disqualified blacks from owning most of the land in South Africa, and the group areas act, which segregated neighborhood areas. In addition, opposition political organizations were legalized and the state of emergency was lifted. President de Klerk said the final step in the reform process in South Africa would be the creation of a new constitution, which he said would take place within a few years. He criticized the conservative groups in South Africa for attempting to block the rights of the majority of the population of South Africa. On July 10, U.S. President Bush announced the U.S. would lift economic sanctions against South Africa as a result of the changes in the apartheid laws, which he said had fulfilled the conditions for the removal of sanctions as stated in the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/19041-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/19041-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT Sen. Kassenbaum, member of the Senate Foreign Relations committee and ranking member on the subcommittee on Africa, discussed the lifting of economic sanctions against South Africa, announced earlier in the day by President Bush. She supported the lifting of economic sanctions on the grounds that the five conditions laid out in the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 under which sanctions could be removed had been fulfilled. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/19031-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/19031-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT Rep. Dellums announced his "profound disappointment" in President Bush's decision to end economic sanctions against South Africa in a news conference in the U.S. Capitol. He said the five conditions under which economic sanctions may be lifted under the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 had not been fulfilled, and the lifting of sanctions violated the letter and the spirit of the law. Rep. Dellums recited the five conditions of the 1986 law and discussed the shortfall between the actions of the South African government and the spirit of the 1986 law. He said the Bush administration had clearly never favored sanctions, and acted to lift sanctions within a narrow definition of the conditions when the opportunity arose. He said the most likely option for opponents of the lifting of sanctions may be to create a South Africa watchdog group to ensure the continued progress toward democracy. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/18960-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/18960-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT Sen. Simon responded to reporters' questions in the U.S. Capitol concerning the end of economic sanctions against South Africa, announced earlier in the day at a White House press conference. Sen. Simon criticized the president's move, saying the five conditions allowing the removal of sanctions as stated in the 1986 Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act had not been fulfilled. He said opponents of the lifting of sanctions did not have the numbers to override a presidential veto of legislation mandating additional economic sanctions. He also briefly commented on the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Nominee and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas. He said it appeared likely that Judge Thomas would be confirmed. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/19243-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/19243-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Robinson, head of TransAfrica, an organization concerning with political and economic affairs in Africa, delivered a statement to reporters after President Bush announced the lifting of economic sanctions against South Africa earlier in the day. President Bush said the State Department had advised him that all five conditions in the federal law mandating economic sanctions had been fulfilled, compelling him to end sanctions. Mr. Robinson called it a "dark day for democracy," and criticized President Bush's action on the ground that apartheid laws still existed in South Africa. He said President Bush had cynically violated the spirit and the letter of the law in the bill mandating economic sanctions against South Africa. He said not all political prisoners in South Africa had been released, and blacks still could not vote or run for political office. Mr. Robinson said TransAfrica would go to the American people to appeal for the administration's action in securing additional changes in the South African apartheid law. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/18959-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/18959-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT Following a news conference by President Bush on the same topic, Assistant Secretary Cohen answered questions on the technical aspects of lifting sanctions against South Africa. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/38134-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/38134-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT President Bush announced the end of economic sanctions against South Africa in a news conference held in the White House. He stated the State Department had advised him all five of the conditions listed in the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act, passed in 1986, under which sanctions could be lifted had been fulfilled. He also stated the political changes ending apartheid in South Africa were "irreversible." The end of sanctions allowed trade with South Africa, bank loans to the South African government, and airline connections to the country. President Bush stated that while the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act had ended, other separately passed sanctions remained in effect, including a ban on all military exports to South Africa's military and a ban on shared intelligence. The lifting of sanctions came one day following the International Olympic Committee's announcement allowing South Africa to compete in international Olympic competition. In responding to questions following his prepared statement, President Bush said he did not feel removing sanctions would undermine efforts to remove the final pillars of apartheid. He also commented on the 1991 civil rights bill. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/18958-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/18958-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT President Bush and Chief Buthelezi delivered brief remarks following their meeting in the White House. Chief Buthelezi, minister of a Zulu homeland formed by the South African government, met with President Bush to discuss the recent changes in South African apartheid laws, including the recently-discarded law that classified South Africans by race at birth. President Bush indicated that he felt the time to lift economic sanctions from South Africa was near, with four of five conditions mandating economic sanctions having been satisfied. Under the 1986 law that placed economic sanctions on South Africa, the president could remove the sanctions when four of five conditions were met. Should the president remove sanctions, Congress would have 30 days to challenge the action. Chief Buthelezi supports the removal of sanctions from South Africa, arguing that they contributed to the economic problems facing South African blacks. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/18521-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/18521-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, leader of a Zulu homeland created by the South African government, delivered a lecture on South Africa at the Heritage Foundation. Chief Buthelezi is head of the Inkatha Freedom Party, which advocates free market enterprise and democratic reforms in a post-apartheid South Africa and opposes Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. In his remarks on a post-apartheid South Africa, Chief Buthelezi discussed the history of apartheid and the recent easing of apartheid laws, and said the reason for the lifting of apartheid laws could not be assigned to any single cause. He went on to describe the political situation between groups in Africa following the easing of the apartheid laws, and distinguished the Inkatha Freedom Party from Nelson Mandela's African National Congress by its principle of non-violence. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/18492-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/18492-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT The subcommittee heard testimony on whether the U.S. should continue economic sanctions against South Africa. Economic sanctions were originally enacted against South Africa in protest of their strict apartheid laws, which prevented blacks from voting or running for office and mandated strict segregationist policies on public transportation, and schools. Apartheid laws also prohibit blacks from owning land and placed blacks into separate homelands apart from the white citizenry. Recently, the government of South Africa, headed by President F.W. de Klerk, began easing apartheid laws with the intention of eventually removing them altogether. The South African government is negotiating with the African National Congress, the largest black political organization in Africa, to create a new constitution granting full political rights to all black citizens. However, the A.N.C. has given the government until May 9 to quell the political violence occurring between blacks in the black townships or it will break off negotiations on the new constitution. The Bush administration has stated that the remaining obstacle to the removal of sanctions is the legal return of exiles to South Africa; however, concern has been raised that the South African government has not made sufficient advances to justify the removal of sanctions. Witnesses testified on the efficacy of sanctions on the South African government. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/17765-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/17765-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Hani is the highest ranking member of the African National Congress to visit America since Nelson Mandela's visit in June 1990. He is on a ten-day tour to visit members of Congress, State Department officials and anti-apartheid activists to gather support for the continued efforts to abolish apartheid in South Africa. Congress will be holding hearings on April 30 to assess the impact and the future of sanctions against South Africa as mandated by the Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986. Mr. Hani discussed the status of talks between the ANC and the South African government of Pres. F.W. De Klerk. He also spoke about the ongoing violence in the country. Due to his more controversial and militant views, the South African government has warned him that they may remove his "indemnity from persecution" which is due for reissue on April 30. If this happens, he could be arrested and stand trial upon his return to the country. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/17694-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/17694-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT Ambassador Schwartz described the current state of apartheid in South Africa and the attempts that are being made to dismantle the system. He discussed the negotiations taking place between Pres. F.W. De Klerk and Nelson Mandela, the Leader of the African National Congress. He said in his opinion there are two crucial premises to South Africa's recovery: "In my view, freedom is incomplete for the individual if it is to be exercised in poverty." and "Democracy has a very difficult task of surviving if the people as a whole are impoverished and if none of the reasonable expectations can be met." Ambassador Schwartz also gave his views on international sanctions against South Africa. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/17617-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/17617-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Robinson and Mr. van Rensburg gave brief remarks on current issues in South Africa before an audience of high school students and responded to questions on South Africa from the audience. Mr. Robinson argued that despite recent cosmetic changes in South Africa, apartheid still prevents blacks from exercising basic rights such as voting. Mr. van Rensburg stressed that the program of reform in South Africa was continual and unstoppable, and was dependent upon the ratification of a new constitution based on equal political rights for all citizens in South Africa. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/17425-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/17425-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT During his historic visit to the United States, President de Klerk discussed changes in South Africa and its government. This is the first visit to the U.S. by a South African president since 1946. Pres. de Klerk has been president of the Republic of South Africa since 1989. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/14189-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/14189-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT The African National Congress (ANC) held a news conference at the National Press Club. Leaders from the ANC spoke with reporters concerning President F.W. de Klerk's government policies in South Africa. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/14188-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/14188-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT Pres. de Klerk of South Africa arrived at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, DC. This is the first official visit to the United States by a South African president since 1946. Pres. de Klerk restated his commitment to negotiating a new non-racial constitution for South Africa. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/14129-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/14129-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT Mandela spoke at a breakfast sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/12895-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/12895-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT The guest discussed her book and offered a personal look at her family's involvement in the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/12887-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/12887-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Sparks talked about his book, [The Mind of South Africa,] on the history of the divided nation's politics and people. Sparks, a fifth-generation South African, chronicled Africaaner nationalism and apartheid and discussed the social and political forces in the country. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/12342-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/12342-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/11518-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/11518-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT The speaker is an anti-apartheid activist who served jail terms in South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s. He discussed the changing situation in South Africa with the release of Nelson Mandela. South African President F.W. de Klerk announced reforms on February 2 that included the release of Mandela. Mr. Lekota specifically mentioned the release of other political prisoners and the lifting of the state of emergency as conditions of reform that the South African government had not yet fulfilled. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/11143-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/11143-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT Representative Wheat discussed the findings of a congressional delegation to study apartheid reforms in South Africa and its call for more sanctions. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/10848-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/10848-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/7620-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/7620-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/5459-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/5459-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/3965-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/3965-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/3100-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/3100-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/3093-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/3093-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/2760-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/2760-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/2759-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/2759-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT The panel discusses the scope and causes of human rights violations in the independent countries of Africa and the Caribbean and looks at ways to lessen these violations. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/2747-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/2747-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT The Anglican archbishop of Cape Town and Nobel laureate discusses the role of U.S., British, and German support of South African apartheid. Earlier in the day Rev. Tutu had briefed the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which recently approved legislation instituting sanctions against South Africa. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/2584-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/2584-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/2559-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/2559-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT Reverend Desmond Tutu, the Archbishop of Cape Town, briefed members of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and the media on and answered questions about recent developments in South Africa. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/2551-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/2551-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT The Subcommittee on Africa and the Subcommittee on International and Economic Policy and Trade, in a joint meeting, heard testimony on the president's report on progress toward ending apartheid in South Africa and the question of future sanctions. Representative Tobias Roth was briefly misidentified on screen as Representative Gerald Solomon. This video includes the commercials that aired during the broadcast in 1987. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/714-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/714-1 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT