ENG100: Born a Crime

Season 3, Episode 3, Butterfly Effect, 2019.
August 5, 1962, South Africa—after several months on the run, the Black leader Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African police and incarcerated in Robben Island, a fortress-like jail off Cape Town. He doesn’t know it at that time, but it is only the beginning of his penitential ordeal. Despite this imprisonment, he will quickly become the symbol of the fight against apartheid. A complex and terrifying system of racial August 5, 1962, South Africa—after several months on the run, the Black leader Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African police and incarcerated in Robben Island, a fortress-like jail off Cape Town. He doesn’t know it at that time, but it is only the beginning of his penitential ordeal. Despite this imprisonment, he will quickly become the symbol of the fight against apartheid. A complex and terrifying system of racial segregation is hidden behind this word. Instituted from 1948 by the National Party, apartheid will plunge the country into a continuous climate of insecurity until the end of the 20th century.

Produced by ZDF, 2009.
Episode 1: The Colonists (1652 - 1795)
Episode 2: Race Wars (1795 – 1913)
Episode 3: Bright Freedom (1913 - 2010)

In this segment, filmed on October 1, 1985, a PBS NewsHour correspondent meets a man who lives in two worlds. By day Mtutuzela Matshoba is an executive in the white business world, at night confined by law to his all-black township. Original broadcast date: October 01, 1985