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Lives Less Ordinary, Rewind: The spy who wanted to bring down apartheid Part 2

Lives Less Ordinary

Rewind: The spy who wanted to bring down apartheid Part 2


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March 17, 2025

42 minutes

Available for over a year

ANC spy Sue Dobson infiltrated the South African government. Then her cover was blown.

After training, Sue had got a job within the government's propaganda unit, and she was feeding back good intelligence to her ANC handlers. Then she got a phone call. The security services were on to her, and she was a long way from safety.

Presenter: India Rakusen

Producer: Harry Graham

Editor: Deiniol Buxton

Sound design: Joel Cox

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