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Tales of Ordinary Murder Rian Malan in South Africa (Original title)
Date: 30 November 1990 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom



Synopsis: South African writer Rian Malan guides around the streets of Johannesburg and the black township of Soweto, and investigates the qustion of violence and murder in South Afrcia, particularly concentrating on three incidents - a white man attacked with an axe by black intruders, a black worker clubbed to death by whites on his way to work, and, a black youth stabbed in a Soweto brawl.

Genre:
Anthology

Subjects:
Johannesburg, Soweto, Violence, Homicide, Racist crimes

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 30 November 1990Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:20-23:15Runtime: 55 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 30 November 1990not specified

Credits (3)
Production Company: BBC TV, Producer: Adam Low, Editor: Andrew Snell