He was sheltered by supporters and held meetings in secret to further the stay-at-home. As a reporter who was by now specialising in black politics, I was seeing him whenever I wanted to, or whenever he wanted to speak to me. The only other reporter with this access was the late Charles Bloomberg of the Sunday Times, who later left the country because of his justifiable fear of the consequences after writing a report exposing the Afrikaner Broederbond, the sinister organisation which pulled government strings from behind the scenes.
Mandela and I sent messages to each other when either of us wanted to meet. Or else we met at night in a quiet street nearby: I would park in a dark spot and he would appear. His only disguise was to wear worker's overalls, which did nothing to conceal his imposing presence. We sat in my car and talked about what he was doing. To ensure a flow of news for publication, we arranged that I would be at my desk at the Mail at p.
Whenever necessary, a phone call would come in and a voice would read an Action Council statement to me. It was never Mandela, but others who phoned, and sometimes I recognised the voice of a friend. Photos 6. Top cast Edit. Carsten Norgaard Winther as Winther. Gabriela Aguilera Julia as Julia. Carlos Morales Captain as Captain. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. The story about Swedish ambassador in Chile - Harald Edelstam - and his heroic actions to protect the innocent people from the execution during and after the military coup on September 11th We travel with Edelstam during the terrible moments just after the coup and follows his never-ending fight for human rights, law and order.
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If you are accessing TIME. Son of the paramount chief of the Tembu tribe, Lawyer Mandela, 44, was sought by the white cops for helping to organize the mass work stoppage by Africans in May to protest apartheid and the proclamation of South Africa as a republic.
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