What Tom Holland has said about Afrikaners
1 quote · 1 episode · Jun 24, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Afrikaners once in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on June 24, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Holland says Mandela's interest in rugby was part of a deliberate programme of self-education in prison to understand the Afrikaners.
“part of a kind of broader program of self-education that Mandela puts himself through in prison, basically to try and understand the enemy”
The Rest Is History: 682. South Africa: Mandela and the Death of Apartheid (Part 6) (Jun 24, 2026) · Listen from 21:52
Episodes
682. South Africa: Mandela and the Death of Apartheid (Part 6)The Rest Is History · Jun 24, 2026 · 1 h 11 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace South Africa's anthem Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika, the fall of apartheid, and Nelson Mandela's use of the 1995 Rugby World Cup final.
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