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Endgame
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This is an illegal gathering. |
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You must disperse immediately. |
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Stay down. |
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Pass. |
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You're in Soweto. |
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My sister lives in District Three. |
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What's in the back? |
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Furniture. |
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Wait. |
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Okay, it's fine. |
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He was out collecting wood |
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The Police came out of nowhere and |
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They took my dad and tied him |
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and dropped him into the river. |
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They made us watch him drown. |
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They told us to go home and tell |
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We have a word... |
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'Ubuntu'. |
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It means a person's humanity... |
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is measured according to their |
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We tell the children that these |
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have lost their humanity... |
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and are as much victims |
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Who the hell is he? |
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He's a friend I can vouch for him. |
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He's here to help. |
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To talk about fund raising for our |
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We didn't ask for his hand-outs. |
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- Leave him be! Let him be! |
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Sir? |
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Go, go, go! |
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- It's Michael Young. |
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This isn't going to work for us. |
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Safer to stay in the foothills. |
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The more visible, the more |
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Yes, it's much safer. |
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A bit of hush. |
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It is my pleasure to present |
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The African National Congress' |
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who is here representing |
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I know that you'll make Mr Mbeki |
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My name is Thabo Mbeki... |
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and I am a terrorist. |
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No doubt, that is what you |
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No incendiary devices. |
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No concealed weapons. |
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I am just a man, as you are. |
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Every day the President |
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under the mantle of his State |
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deploys thousands more of |
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brutally crushing the rising |
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Yet, the UK, is still one of South |
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Every company... |
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every financial institution |
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is a source of political and economic |
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If it is true that money talks, |
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Let your voice join ours when we say |
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The time to shout 'enough' has come. |
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The time for you to act is here. |
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Mr Mbeki? |
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Michael Young. |
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Public Affairs Director, |
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Tell me how we can help. |
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It's not an offer to make lightly, |
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It wasn't made lightly. |
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As you say, we too have an incentive |
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We have this recurring |
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that one day the South African |
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indicating that it is ready to talk |
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Because of our antagonism and |
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We fail to respond. |
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We miss the moment. |
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Thank you. |
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An apparatchik working for |
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Is that what it's come to? |
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The fact that he works for Goldfields |
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You know a better entry card? |
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And if the Public Affairs |
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I doubt he's Ml6. |
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I need a word. |
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He's expecting you. |
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Come in. |
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I think I have a way forward |
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I'm listening. |
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Mr Vijoan? |
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It's Michael Young. I called last |
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I'm trying to set up between |
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The risk is too great. |
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I have a young family to think of. |
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Please don't call me again. |
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They're just exploratory meetings... |
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and someone representing |
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who better to act as |
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It's not the policy of our church |
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I can't help you. I am sorry. |
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There are those on both sides |
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To maintain secrecy, it's best |
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In South Africa secrets are |
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They also have a habit |
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I can't be bothered. |
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- Can I use your toilet? |
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Love has a habit of pushing us |
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An earthquake claims a thousand lives. |
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Families bludgeoned to death |
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The death of a much loved child. |
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Such events prompt us to ask |
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such tragedies to happen. |
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The task of Philosophy is to rise above |
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to seek a deeper truth |
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I'll finish with the words of Pascal. |
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'If man's dignity lies in thought... |
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then let us all strive to think well.' |
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Good day. |
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Be warned! |
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Those who have not yet handed in their |
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will find their own freedom curtailed. |
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Mr Gruber, make my day. |
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Treat yourself to a new |
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Mr Young, I assume? |
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An audacious mission |
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A mission impossible, |
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What you are asking is impossible. |
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No sane man would put his livelihood, |
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on the line |
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In this country, those who go public |
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acquire the status of a pariah. |
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Yet, you still agreed |
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You say Consolidated Goldfields have |
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Your founder would turn in his grave. |
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Rhodes knew that market forces |
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You are being disingenuous. |
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This is about your company protecting |
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They know apartheid is an anathema |
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They've colluded with it long enough. |
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It's an open secret that a silent |
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Botha no longer consults Parliament |
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but rules in the manner of |
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Only his inner sanctum of |
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It's they who wield the power, |
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in a political solution. |
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Like most Afrikaners, I find... |
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the murderous methodology of |
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and the idea of cosying up to them |
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even the thought makes me retch. |
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I'm sorry that you |
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I am not the man |
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Get on the move. |
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If you are not otherwise engaged, |
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the Minister of Justice invites |
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I'm told it's cucumber sandwiches |
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It seems you |
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The Head of National Intelligence, |
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Doctor Barnard is here? |
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A moment if you please, Mr Brand. |
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Copy, control. |
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Thank you. |
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Control. |
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Mr Coatsee. |
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Good to see you too, Mr Mandela. |
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Doctor Neil Barnard is here, |
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He's asked to sit in |
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Mr Nelson Mandela. |
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I've waited a long time |
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Likewise, sir. |
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...used tear gas |
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in what a security forces |
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'necessary measures |
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And, there were further arrests when |
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held a recruitment rally, |
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If they want to take this country |
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they'll meet us |
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A! W! B! |
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Michael Young. |
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I cannot stand by and do nothing |
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I'll come to your meeting. |
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Let me know where and when. |
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Doctor Barnard, Mr President. |
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- Did he take the bait? |
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- He took it alright. |
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Tambo's waiting to see you. |
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Oliver, maybe these talks are the |
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Yes, but not everyone is going |
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Many will see this as a betrayal. |
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So, we need to keep this between us, |
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Be careful, Thabo. |
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We're in. |
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Some housekeeping notes. |
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No telephone communication |
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in Lusaka or here in London. |
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South African Intelligence have our |
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Don't think because you're back |
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Car and letter bombs are the weapons |
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Welcome to our world. |
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The board get wind we're jumping into |
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with a bunch of Kalashnikov |
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we'll both be out on our ears. |
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They can't ignore reality. |
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Every day Botha gets more isolated, |
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Something doesn't give, and soon |
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You see your role in this as what? |
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To create a neutral arena |
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Hope that they can see each other |
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A risky strategy. |
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Others are risking more than that. |
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Heroics don't cut much ice with |
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A 'need to know' basis. Only. |
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I'll bury the costs under Research |
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Arrangements for my personal affairs |
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- You think that's likely? |
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Michael? |
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If this ever gets out... |
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I shall have to deny all knowledge |
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And, I'll be nothing, |
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Passport? Ticket? |
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Taxi. |
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It's okay. |
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Professor. |
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In the nick of time. |
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May I come in? |
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In public, Botha's still holding |
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that you must defeat terrorists before |
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Privately, he wants you to continue |
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The more we know about the ANC's |
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the better we are equipped |
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So, I am to act as your spy? |
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A go between is more what |
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Have you thought why you were chosen |
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You're a soft target. |
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They think your reputation as an |
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gives them a way in. |
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Play along. |
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Mbeki must think you are just a... |
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respected academic on |
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A soft target is not |
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I'm going to that meeting to hear |
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As importantly for them to hear |
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The whole process |
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Ja, but the thing is, |
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You don't co-operate... |
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your participation in |
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My direct line. Call me. |
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You need to be vigilant |
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Always check under your |
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I'll send my people over |
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And your ticket? |
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Don't forget to ring Albi Sachs. |
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Hello? |
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This is Thabo Mbeki. |
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He's just left for the airport. |
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Albi! |
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Albi! |
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- Get another line. |
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Background checks on staff. And |
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I briefed them this morning. |
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Brief them every morning. |
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- This is Mr Mambenki's room. |
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- All the rooms are ensuite. |
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- And, next door? |
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Put Professor Esterhuyse |
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We need to mix them up. Maximise |
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- Right. |
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'Welcome' seems a meagre word |
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But, it is no less sincere, |
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Now, as you can see from |
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we have a lot of ground to cover. |
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So, if we're to get through it |
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With respect, Mr Young. |
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Since you are not South African, |
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It's ours. |
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And, with respect, Mr Mbeki... |
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I must remind you that the agenda |
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Item one. |
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We know that you Afrikaners have |
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As, we have. |
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We know too, that it was from your |
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that a system of apartheid |
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The need to dominate is often |
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Our problem is, as exiles, we are... |
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outside the political system. |
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So, we are not in a position to offer |
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in any potential negotiations with |
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If you can't offer concessions, |
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All we can do is set out our |
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The release of Nelson Mandela |
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The unbanning of all proscribed |
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Only then can a negotiated transition |
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So, then, we can take it that there |
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that the ANC hopes Mandela will |
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Thus elevating him to the status |
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You don't think he's achieved |
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That rumour, along with most |
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is based on disinformation. |
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And, the riots and bloodshed |
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Can you guarantee you can control |
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Controlling Mrs Mandela and her |
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As would controlling the brutality |
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Can you guarantee that? |
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There's talk in Pretoria that Botha |
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forming a new body to be |
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where black representatives can join |
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as a prelude to power sharing. |
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Can we ask your opinion on such |
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What is yours? |
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I'm just here on a fact-finding |
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Your opinion is the issue. |
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My understanding is we are not here |
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Or, disguising it under some new |
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We're here to talk about how |
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What we are seeking, is a prelude |
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Power sharing, is not an option. |
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Ah, Professor. |
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Okay. Good, good. |
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Perhaps, if you outline the specific |
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relating to majority rule. |
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It's not bloody rocket science. |
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The blacks come after our blood, |
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and our children get slaughtered |
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A communist leaning administration |
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They'll end up in the same post |
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as the other African states. |
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Professor? |
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You'll obliterate not only our language |
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Fear is the first weapon |
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It blinds us all from seeing |
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Your hands are not |
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What is your campaign of terror |
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The culture of fear is not of |
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We learnt it at the feet |
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You're looking tired, Mr Mandela. |
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Fortunately, I had no other |
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I look forward to our next |
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For a moment I thought you said, |
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My ear's playing tricks on me. |
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Good night, Doctor. |
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- Mr. Coatsee. |
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Stop all contact with the |
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We don't need their |
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Alright. |
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And get him a suit for next time. |
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We'll get more out of him |
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Okay. It's a good idea. |
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I'll leave you to it. |
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I just think things might free up |
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Bored with us already? |
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It's a tactical withdrawal. |
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So, Professor. |
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When you first saw me, |
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'Ah, so that's what a fucking, |
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And, you? Did you think... |
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'Ah, so that's what a fucking |
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No doubt, you assume our claim |
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is just a rhetoric of political |
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It's what defines us. |
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And you are mistaken in your |
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Our fear doesn't |
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but from the deep rooted knowledge |
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for all the terrible wrongs |
| 00:42:23 |
Good night, Professor. |
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Goodnight. |
| 00:44:05 |
Hello? |
| 00:44:08 |
Professor? |
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Can I help you? |
| 00:44:47 |
Young gave his assurance the place |
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I couldn't take the chance. |
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I hope to God, you don't make me |
| 00:45:02 |
To the press and parliament, |
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you must abandon your weapons before |
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But, my presence here suggests |
| 00:45:24 |
Botha knows about these talks? |
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I'm instructed to report back |
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in National Intelligence. |
| 00:45:38 |
I'm to be their Trojan horse. |
| 00:45:47 |
You take a risk telling |
| 00:45:51 |
It would be a risk not telling you. |
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Without trust, we'll achieve nothing. |
| 00:46:00 |
Tambo says if we are to... |
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win our freedom |
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banish bitterness. |
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This will be the test of it. |
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For all of us. |
| 00:46:35 |
Get him ready. |
| 00:46:37 |
Let's give him a taste |
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If you could just turn around. |
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- Okay. It's good? |
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I've lost the knack |
| 00:46:59 |
Well, shall we? |
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Got it. I've got it. |
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Barnard. |
| 00:49:00 |
Did he enjoy his day of freedom? |
| 00:49:02 |
Enough to get a taste for it, |
| 00:49:06 |
- And the UK talks? |
| 00:49:09 |
I need more than that to placate |
| 00:49:12 |
Sir, the Cabinet must know |
| 00:49:14 |
If some loose lips blabs to CNN the |
| 00:49:17 |
You sold me these talks |
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To give us leverage over Mandela. |
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If you're not going to deliver. |
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I have his exact words |
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Leave us. |
| 00:49:54 |
I do have a home to go to, Doctor. |
| 00:50:02 |
At the risk of invoking more accusations |
| 00:50:08 |
In my view, Mbeki, is a man |
| 00:50:13 |
A view based on what? |
| 00:50:19 |
Your cosy fireside chats? |
| 00:50:21 |
His existential ramblings |
| 00:50:27 |
One can respect a man's commitment |
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without sharing his methods |
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Forgive me, if I don't also genuflect |
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Talk is cheap, Professor. |
| 00:50:42 |
He made no concessions, did he? |
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His so called conversion to moderation |
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And you... |
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you fell for it. |
| 00:51:02 |
- Can I go home? |
| 00:51:27 |
Mandela sent his lawyer with |
| 00:51:30 |
They've isolated him from Sisulu |
| 00:51:37 |
He's been holding secret talks with |
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who reports back to Botha. |
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I pressed Bizoz on the content |
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He claims Nelson said nothing. |
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He wanted to assure me he's |
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He's walking into a trap. |
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Botha knows about the U.K. talks. |
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Barnard recruited Esterhuyse |
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They're playing 'divide and rule' |
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Pretoria will claim that |
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wanted a peaceful settlement but |
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rejected it to pursue their |
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Madiba would never fall for such |
| 00:52:17 |
How do we know what |
| 00:52:19 |
The pressure he's under? |
| 00:52:22 |
What concessions he'll make |
| 00:52:28 |
If he's so solid with us |
| 00:52:34 |
Why exclude you, of all people. |
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This Esterhuyse, |
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Yes. |
| 00:52:47 |
A man you've barely |
| 00:52:50 |
Yet, I'm supposed |
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Who sacrificed everything for us. |
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If trust is the issue... |
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perhaps it is my judgement |
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If we let ourselves be tainted |
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Botha's tactics will succeed. |
| 00:53:45 |
The bombing came less than 24 hours |
| 00:53:49 |
that security forces had uncovered |
| 00:53:53 |
and arrested 23 suspected insurgents. |
| 00:53:55 |
We understand that two of |
| 00:53:59 |
Security Forces have stepped up |
| 00:54:11 |
Get in here. |
| 00:54:22 |
I'm home, Marie. |
| 00:55:38 |
Target is confirmed. |
| 00:55:41 |
Sure. |
| 00:57:47 |
And the bloodshed |
| 00:57:48 |
after a bomb exploded |
| 00:57:51 |
in Roodeport, near Johannesburg. |
| 00:57:53 |
Four civilians were killed |
| 00:57:56 |
A spokesman claimed that |
| 00:57:59 |
He declined to give details on the |
| 00:58:02 |
which caused the explosion. |
| 00:58:06 |
Is that how you justify your campaign |
| 00:58:11 |
the killing of innocent civilians? |
| 00:58:13 |
We have never supported |
| 00:58:15 |
Tell that to the women |
| 00:58:18 |
with your limpet bombs and |
| 00:58:21 |
Or are dead children legitimate |
| 00:58:24 |
to promote your cycle of terror? |
| 00:58:26 |
I can quote you chapter and verse |
| 00:58:30 |
Names, ages and dates, |
| 00:58:35 |
I think a break |
| 00:58:39 |
ANC policy is, |
| 00:58:44 |
that only military and economic |
| 00:58:48 |
If it smells like crap and |
| 00:58:50 |
chances are, it is crap. |
| 00:58:55 |
Not once have I tried to justify... |
| 00:58:57 |
the excesses of |
| 00:59:00 |
Yet, you persist in spouting this |
| 00:59:06 |
Maybe they think if they say it |
| 00:59:11 |
This really is not productive, |
| 00:59:16 |
The timing, of the Roodeport |
| 00:59:21 |
Lusaka authorised it... |
| 00:59:23 |
in the full knowledge of our meetings. |
| 00:59:28 |
It's the old terror tactic... |
| 00:59:30 |
once the talking starts, |
| 00:59:35 |
If you think that's going |
| 00:59:38 |
in any negotiations with |
| 00:59:40 |
you've seen to it that |
| 00:59:47 |
Frankly... |
| 00:59:55 |
so are these talks. |
| 01:00:21 |
- Time to turn up the heat. |
| 01:00:27 |
Hello, Mr Mandela. Please. |
| 01:00:37 |
Let's talk about Roodeport. |
| 01:00:45 |
It needed saying. |
| 01:00:50 |
There was no getting round it. |
| 01:00:54 |
Perhaps. |
| 01:00:57 |
But, box a man into a corner and... |
| 01:01:02 |
The President is running out |
| 01:01:04 |
Either, you denounce the communist |
| 01:01:07 |
condemn the violence... |
| 01:01:10 |
or, frankly, you and I? |
| 01:01:15 |
When political movements are forced |
| 01:01:19 |
they inevitably are thrown together... |
| 01:01:24 |
and, no man of honour would desert |
| 01:01:28 |
at the request of a common enemy. |
| 01:01:36 |
Gentlemen, excuse us. |
| 01:01:48 |
You're not the only game |
| 01:01:53 |
Don't you see? |
| 01:01:55 |
This is your chance to seize |
| 01:02:00 |
The ANC think they can bomb |
| 01:02:04 |
but a few words from you, |
| 01:02:10 |
will not only secure your freedom... |
| 01:02:14 |
but will ensure that you alone... |
| 01:02:20 |
will be the man the Government |
| 01:02:24 |
You, alone, can lead us all out |
| 01:02:36 |
Haven't your years of sacrifice |
| 01:03:27 |
This is the situation. |
| 01:03:31 |
All ANC bombing operations... |
| 01:03:33 |
fall under the command and |
| 01:03:36 |
But, some of our cadres, |
| 01:03:41 |
sometimes act without authority. |
| 01:03:45 |
Operations can get bungled. |
| 01:03:49 |
Innocent people... |
| 01:03:51 |
get killed. |
| 01:03:55 |
But, you have my word... |
| 01:03:57 |
that I will do everything |
| 01:04:00 |
to ensure that civilians no longer |
| 01:04:06 |
Are you telling us that you are unable |
| 01:04:10 |
renegade cadres, Mr Mbeki? |
| 01:04:15 |
If you know the truth |
| 01:04:19 |
you will see that the issue |
| 01:04:22 |
is irrevocably connected to |
| 01:04:27 |
Only when we can participate |
| 01:04:30 |
will our armed struggle |
| 01:04:35 |
Only then will the conflict |
| 01:04:52 |
- How did you sleep? |
| 01:04:56 |
Alright, except for terrible |
| 01:04:59 |
Oh, yes. That is a nightmare. |
| 01:05:02 |
So, anyway, Thatcher is in Moscow... |
| 01:05:05 |
the crowds in Red Square are all |
| 01:05:07 |
She's getting quite queasy with all |
| 01:05:10 |
so, she says to her interpreter, |
| 01:05:15 |
And, they shout back, |
| 01:05:28 |
I came here believing what happened |
| 01:05:33 |
you changed that. |
| 01:05:36 |
What you said in that room |
| 01:05:46 |
- Safe home, Willie. |
| 01:05:52 |
how truly sorry |
| 01:06:00 |
Thank you. |
| 01:06:44 |
Thabo? |
| 01:07:20 |
Come off the road. |
| 01:09:37 |
There was an incident on the way |
| 01:09:44 |
They were not security agents. |
| 01:09:52 |
Word is out about your talks. |
| 01:09:55 |
Some of the militants will |
| 01:10:00 |
For two decades we've said only |
| 01:10:04 |
Instead of force, |
| 01:10:07 |
They see that as a betrayal. |
| 01:10:10 |
And when you pressed him |
| 01:10:13 |
did he admit the ANC high command |
| 01:10:17 |
He made the same point |
| 01:10:19 |
cessation of violence... |
| 01:10:21 |
is contingent on the Government |
| 01:10:34 |
You told him there can be no question |
| 01:10:38 |
Tell me, Doctor, |
| 01:10:42 |
give up the armed struggle and |
| 01:10:46 |
what would you give them in return? |
| 01:10:48 |
You cannot go into negotiation without |
| 01:10:52 |
Yet you send me in empty handed. |
| 01:10:54 |
Don't be surprised if I come |
| 01:10:57 |
You are not empowered |
| 01:11:02 |
You're wrong. Doctor. |
| 01:11:13 |
It's all we have left. |
| 01:11:41 |
Mr Esterhuyse takes the view that... |
| 01:11:44 |
before formal negotiations |
| 01:11:46 |
concessions, must be made |
| 01:11:49 |
If we make a gesture by |
| 01:11:53 |
I said nothing about making |
| 01:11:56 |
This is no longer a matter |
| 01:12:00 |
Your policy of buying us time |
| 01:12:04 |
a vacuum of uncertainty |
| 01:12:07 |
You know what I think? |
| 01:12:09 |
This is about your own survival, |
| 01:12:16 |
If you are seen to take |
| 01:12:20 |
history will always acknowledge it was |
| 01:12:22 |
and vision to pull this country back, |
| 01:12:27 |
You alone averted that catastrophe. |
| 01:12:29 |
History might also say I took |
| 01:12:36 |
I give way on Mandela's freedom now, |
| 01:12:40 |
He's a man like any other. |
| 01:12:42 |
The more he gets of it, |
| 01:12:47 |
Mandela is the key. |
| 01:13:04 |
- Where to today? |
| 01:13:46 |
Control, confirm |
| 01:13:59 |
Everything is alright, |
| 01:15:02 |
I hope you like your |
| 01:15:07 |
This is Warrant Officer Swart. |
| 01:15:10 |
He'll look after you. |
| 01:15:15 |
We've met before, at Robben Island. |
| 01:15:18 |
I used to drive you to the quarry. |
| 01:15:20 |
I hope you are a better cook |
| 01:15:27 |
Give him the tour. |
| 01:15:33 |
There's three bedrooms. |
| 01:15:37 |
I'm sure you'll find the bed more |
| 01:16:18 |
The departmental conference |
| 01:16:24 |
We know exactly what's going on |
| 01:16:27 |
between you and |
| 01:16:29 |
Think carefully before going next time |
| 01:17:17 |
This is Michael Young. |
| 01:17:20 |
This is Esterhuyse. |
| 01:17:22 |
I suggest... |
| 01:17:24 |
that you make a date for |
| 01:17:43 |
- I missed you. |
| 01:17:50 |
Marigolds. |
| 01:17:55 |
This one is in the wrong place. |
| 01:18:00 |
You pick a spot. |
| 01:19:23 |
Mr President? |
| 01:19:25 |
Mr President, are you alright? |
| 01:19:28 |
We need an ambulance now. |
| 01:19:31 |
Hip, hip, hooray! |
| 01:19:44 |
Bye bye, Tata. |
| 01:19:57 |
My dear friend. |
| 01:19:59 |
At best, Botha regarded my gilded cage |
| 01:20:07 |
But I have had twenty years |
| 01:20:14 |
Talking to Barnard was |
| 01:20:17 |
but you can trust in one thing. |
| 01:20:20 |
That I am not negotiating terms |
| 01:20:24 |
but facilitating the process |
| 01:20:30 |
Surely, you and I have come too far |
| 01:20:40 |
The election of the new |
| 01:20:42 |
has sparked a wave |
| 01:20:46 |
And sensitivity about |
| 01:20:49 |
seems to be fuelling the violence. |
| 01:20:51 |
Mr De Klerk's position |
| 01:20:53 |
have left some observers |
| 01:20:58 |
Botha's mistake was his reliance |
| 01:21:02 |
at the expense of protecting |
| 01:21:06 |
I must tell you, that is a mistake |
| 01:21:13 |
My mistake was accommodating his |
| 01:21:16 |
from the ANC in a futile attempt |
| 01:21:20 |
My discussions with Mr Mandela have |
| 01:21:23 |
of doing that now is to give some |
| 01:21:26 |
Before it's taken from us. |
| 01:21:30 |
You've been detained |
| 01:21:34 |
Gentlemen, shall we? |
| 01:21:40 |
Help us end Apartheid now! |
| 01:21:46 |
I doubt we're looking at |
| 01:21:50 |
De Klerk is a life long |
| 01:21:52 |
Presumably that's why his party |
| 01:21:54 |
Names for the next meeting. |
| 01:21:58 |
- Mix things up a bit. |
| 01:22:01 |
- Yes, the President's brother. |
| 01:22:09 |
I'm hoping he's got |
| 01:22:11 |
Unlike F.W., |
| 01:22:14 |
What if his brother vetoes his |
| 01:22:18 |
Esterhuyse is committed now. |
| 01:22:21 |
Unless his passport is revoked. |
| 01:22:36 |
This is the Esterhuyse residence. |
| 01:22:39 |
If you leave a message. |
| 01:22:43 |
And you're sure that |
| 01:22:47 |
I've tried him at home. |
| 01:22:58 |
Thabo. Tony. Aziz. |
| 01:23:03 |
- The others aren't here yet? |
| 01:23:09 |
If he contacts you, |
| 01:23:11 |
tell him to call Michael Young |
| 01:23:14 |
I'll be waiting by the phone. |
| 01:24:01 |
Tell him that I can't see him now. |
| 01:24:09 |
The President will be unable |
| 01:24:13 |
His diary secretary will |
| 01:24:52 |
Bloody highway pile-up. |
| 01:24:55 |
Gentlemen. |
| 01:24:56 |
- Michael Young, Mr De Klerk. |
| 01:24:58 |
Willem De Klerk, Journalist and |
| 01:25:04 |
- Pleased to meet you. |
| 01:25:07 |
Shall we? |
| 01:25:15 |
You had us worried there. |
| 01:25:16 |
You don't get rid of me that easily. |
| 01:25:48 |
My dear friend and comrade. |
| 01:25:51 |
I cannot tell you my relief |
| 01:25:56 |
Had you contacted me before, |
| 01:26:00 |
that yours are not the only talks |
| 01:26:04 |
Your release is high on the agenda |
| 01:26:08 |
Given the hard line position |
| 01:26:12 |
the future of those talks |
| 01:26:16 |
Call it what it is, Willie. |
| 01:26:20 |
In other words, you want us to |
| 01:26:22 |
the privileges whites enjoy |
| 01:26:24 |
The idea of group rights is that |
| 01:26:29 |
White or black. |
| 01:26:31 |
Isn't that what your non-racial |
| 01:26:34 |
But without assurance of that... |
| 01:26:36 |
the President will never come |
| 01:26:41 |
Is that not so, Willem? |
| 01:26:48 |
That's not for me to say, Professor. |
| 01:26:56 |
De Klerk's brother |
| 01:26:58 |
He frequently points out he's |
| 01:27:05 |
He barely got his feet under |
| 01:27:07 |
Time is the enemy. |
| 01:27:09 |
Every day he procrastinates, |
| 01:27:13 |
What is Barnard's sense of him? |
| 01:27:15 |
Barnard's access to the President's |
| 01:27:20 |
We must rely on his brother |
| 01:27:27 |
I thought we might discuss your |
| 01:27:31 |
I've some excellent brandy |
| 01:27:32 |
Another night, perhaps. |
| 01:27:42 |
My dear friend... |
| 01:27:44 |
our struggle is now at a tipping |
| 01:27:50 |
We must try and convince De Klerk |
| 01:27:53 |
that the whites have nothing |
| 01:27:56 |
It is not revenge that governs |
| 01:28:01 |
We must use every method open |
| 01:28:06 |
that unless he acts soon, |
| 01:28:10 |
What is he waiting for? |
| 01:28:11 |
How many more weeks, |
| 01:28:13 |
And where is he on Mandela? Can he not |
| 01:28:17 |
the more time he is giving |
| 01:28:19 |
Exactly! |
| 01:28:20 |
I do not have the answers |
| 01:28:23 |
My brother is not in the habit of |
| 01:28:27 |
Or anyone else, it seems. |
| 01:28:33 |
Yes. |
| 01:28:35 |
Yes, I understand well. |
| 01:28:40 |
We can't put it like that. |
| 01:28:44 |
Yes, it's important, but |
| 01:29:17 |
I apologise. I lost track of... |
| 01:29:26 |
Shall we start by returning to |
| 01:29:29 |
I wonder... |
| 01:29:32 |
On behalf of my brother, I have |
| 01:29:37 |
If you will bear with me. |
| 01:29:43 |
One... |
| 01:29:46 |
when would it be possible for |
| 01:29:50 |
about how to progress formal |
| 01:29:54 |
Two. |
| 01:29:56 |
What would your preconditions |
| 01:30:01 |
and, three... what agenda |
| 01:30:19 |
You can... tell the President... |
| 01:30:24 |
there will be no preconditions |
| 01:30:30 |
and we leave it to him |
| 01:30:38 |
As for timing... |
| 01:30:44 |
we are ready when he is. |
| 01:31:00 |
And your position on the cease |
| 01:31:05 |
We would order that all violence |
| 01:31:08 |
while negotiations take place. |
| 01:31:12 |
When a new constitution |
| 01:31:16 |
we will give the instruction that |
| 01:31:21 |
is to be abandoned. |
| 01:32:32 |
Oliver. |
| 01:32:36 |
Thabo. |
| 01:32:41 |
Would you read this for me, please? |
| 01:32:48 |
"Although we have been apart |
| 01:32:51 |
It's as if I've been conducting |
| 01:32:56 |
with you in my head. |
| 01:33:00 |
All I pray now, is that you recover |
| 01:33:05 |
we can continue it face to face. |
| 01:33:11 |
As for my freedom... |
| 01:33:14 |
it is a secondary matter |
| 01:33:20 |
And, until all those imprisoned |
| 01:33:25 |
I must be the last |
| 01:33:35 |
He wouldn't give a name, |
| 01:33:44 |
Esterhuyse. |
| 01:33:46 |
I suppose the weather's |
| 01:33:50 |
Is that what you called to discuss? |
| 01:33:55 |
What time is it over there? |
| 01:33:58 |
- Noon. |
| 01:34:17 |
Now, as we wait for what's been |
| 01:34:20 |
Let's reflect on the momentous events |
| 01:34:24 |
The tearing down of the Berlin Wall |
| 01:34:28 |
But, South Africa has had many |
| 01:34:31 |
So many speeches which have promised |
| 01:34:37 |
Here now is President De Klerk |
| 01:34:41 |
As he makes his way to the podium, |
| 01:34:44 |
and indeed the world, |
| 01:34:48 |
My Government has taken the decision |
| 01:34:53 |
release Mr Nelson Mandela. |
| 01:34:56 |
I've also instructed that the |
| 01:34:59 |
of the African National Congress |
| 01:35:02 |
and the South African Communist |
| 01:35:07 |
The time has come to negotiate. |
| 01:35:10 |
The hopes of millions |
| 01:35:12 |
will be centred on that process. |
| 01:35:15 |
We must not falter. |
| 01:35:21 |
Thank you. |
| 01:35:26 |
We go now to Victor Verster Prison, |
| 01:35:29 |
the man who's been imprisoned |
| 01:35:33 |
72 years old, will be |
| 01:35:36 |
for the first time, any moment now. |
| 01:35:40 |
International media perched. |
| 01:35:43 |
The crowd getting excited. |
| 01:35:46 |
That's him. |
| 01:35:47 |
And there is Mister Mandela. |
| 01:35:52 |
Taking his first steps into |
| 01:36:00 |
Mrs Winnie Mandela next to him |
| 01:36:03 |
And a salute |
| 01:36:05 |
His wife greeting the people who have |
| 01:36:14 |
This is the man that the world's |
| 01:36:17 |
His first public appearance |
| 01:36:21 |
The day for which he too, |
| 01:36:49 |
We owe you so much more. |
| 01:36:52 |
It takes a big man to make |
| 01:36:58 |
Thank you. |
| 01:36:59 |
Thank you. Michael. |
| 01:37:09 |
Stay safe. |
| 01:37:12 |
And you... |
| 01:37:15 |
comrade. |
| 01:39:19 |
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