Series 5 - John Simpson: South Africa - Newscripts

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MCPP/JS/5

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John Simpson: South Africa - Newscripts

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  • 30 March 1977 - 30 October 1977 (Creation)

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3 files, paper

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Simpson, John Cody Fidler (1944-present), journalist, foreign correspondent and Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
(9 August 1944 - present)

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In 1977 John Simpson was appointed the Southern Africa correspondent of BBC Radio based in Johannesburg. During his year there he reported on rioting in Soweto, the death of Steve Biko, the war in south-west Africa/Namibia and the bush war; and the political situation in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).

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