Afrikaners
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Afrikaners has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Tom HollandEnglish actor cast as Telemachus
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
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- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
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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.