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Old Newscast: Nelson Mandela Is Released From Prison, 1990 (Part 1)

South Africa takes a step towards democracy.

Over the summer holidays, we’ve brought back Old Newscast - where we pick big news days in history and look at what happened and the consequences.

In this episode, that day is 11 February, when Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years.

Former Southern Africa correspondent Fergal Keane joins, with his former producer and ѿý Africa bureaux editor Milton Nkosi.

Tomorrow we’ll look at the consequences of Mandela’s release.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the ѿý. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Lucy Gape. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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