RUGBY: SPRINGBOKS AT DINNER WITH PRESIDENT MANDELA AT PRESIDENTIAL GUEST HOUSE IN PRETORIA:

Record ID: 892534

  • Title: RUGBY: SPRINGBOKS AT DINNER WITH PRESIDENT MANDELA AT PRESIDENTIAL GUEST HOUSE IN PRETORIA:
  • Date: 16th August 1995
  • Summary: RUGBY: SPRINGBOKS AT DINNER WITH PRESIDENT MANDELA AT PRESIDENTIAL GUEST HOUSE IN PRETORIA:
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  • City: PRETORIA
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: 95AUG16V02
  • Story Text:RUGBY: SPRINGBOKS AT DINNER WITH PRESIDENT MANDELAì
    AT PRESIDENTIAL GUEST HOUSE IN PRETORIA:

    00.18.46 GUESTS GIVING STANDING OVATION
    00.19.08 COACH KITCH CHRISTIE CLAPPING
    00.19.38 SPEECH MANDELA
    00.20.46 ...we are gathered here tonight to honourì
    one of SA's most resounding sports successes...
    00.21.26 ...fully opened its rainbow colours toì
    the world last May. Even before the whistle wasì
    blown for the kick-off at Newlands, SA had alreadyì
    won in the hearts of the nation. When the finalì
    whistle blew a month later, the foundations forì
    reconciliation & nation-building had been trulyì
    strengthened. Our nation united behind 1 team &ì
    that team did the nation proud...
    00.22.44 ...by proclaiming the message of "1 team
    1 country & Masakhane" you gave voice to theì
    spirit of the New SA...
    00.23.10 ...rugby in SA, once a symbol of divisionì
    & exclusion, had indeed crossed the threshold to aì
    new era of a united & reconciled nation...
    00.24.46 ...sport has a definite role to play inì
    thge healing process...
    00.26.23 ...remeber that your victory of Australiaì
    in the opening match made you indeed the nations'sì
    "Amabokko bo", their one and only national rugbyì
    team...
    00.27.15 ...make sure that the national teamì
    participating in the 1999 WC incorporates talentì
    from all communities on merit...
    00.28.10 ...congratulations to the world champions
    00.28.18 END SPEECH APPLAUSE
    00.28.41 CAPTAIN FRANCIOS PIENAAR WALKING FORWARDì
    TO RECEIVE MEDAL FROM MANDELA & MINISTER OF SPORTì
    STEVE TSWETE
    00.29.27 ANDRE JOUBERT RECEIVING MEDAL
    00.29.46 JAMES SMALL
    00.30.04 CHESTER WILLIAMS
    00.30.23 HENNIE LE ROUX
    00.30.35 JAPIE MULDER
    00.30.45 JOEL STRANSKY
    00.31.04 JOOS VD WESTHUIZEN
    00.31.29 MARK ANDREWS
    00.31.52 KOBUS WIESE BOWING - LAUGHTER
    00.32.30 BALIE SWART
    00.32.58 TCU CHESTER HOLDING MEDAL BOX
    00.33.14 CUTAWAYS
    00.33.56 GV'S TEAM WITH MANDELA
    00.34.10 COACH GETTING MEDAL
    00.34.16 MORNE DU PLESSIS
    00.34.29 FRANCIOS SPEECH RE MANDELA WEARING NU 6ì
    JERSEY IN CHANGE ROOM
    00.35.35 2SHOT FRANCIOS SPEAKING MANDELA LISTENINGì
    ...the humble way in which you came into theì
    change room & wished us luck, the way that youì
    supported throughout the WC; any other presidentì
    in the world would have worn his best suit & silkì
    tie and you Sir, came in and you wore our coloursì
    & our cap. There's not a lot we can say but aì
    small thank you goes a very very long way...
    00.36.20 GIVING MANDELA A PAINTING
    00.37.14 THANKING DR LOUIS LUYT & OTHERS
    00.37.44 MANDELA HANDING TROPHEE TO LOUIS
    00.38.02 DR LOUIS LUYT [PRESIDENT OF SARFU] SPEECH
    00.40.33 TEAM WITH WC
    00.40.56 CU GV'S OF MEDAL
    00.41.16 GUESTS SOCIALISING
    00.43.16 MANDELA & DR DAWIE DE VILLIERS CHATTING
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