The London Recruits

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"If you're caught, you'll be tortured, and imprisoned for a very long time. Are you sure you want to go?" It's 1970 and the South African regime has crushed all resistance leaving the black population intimidated and demoralised. Apartheid seems unassailable. In London, Bernie, an ANC exile, recruits white sympathisers to fly to South Africa to plant seeds from which resistance can grow. In 2012, Ken Keable, one of the original London Recruits, edited a collection of first hand accounts in ‘London Recruits – the secret war against apartheid’. From the information gathered in the book, it is clear that the London Recruits did similar agitational work inside South Africa at least once a year from 1967 to 1973. Written by Gregory Evans. Annie Parker…Nicola Walker Young Annie … Jordon Stevens Peter … Fraser Wall Bernie … Trystan Gravelle Adelaide…Nkhanise Phiri Customs Officer…Stewart Clegg ANC Voice… Luvo Cornelius Directed by Jeremy Mortimer A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 4