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Betrayal

Please click on the player below to listen to BETRAYAL, Eric Abraham's BBC Radio 4 documentary about his experiences as a journalist in apartheid South Africa circa 1974-76. The programme is presented by Eric Abraham and was produced by Mike Popham and John Murphy.

Betrayal by Portobello

Please click on the links below to view documentation relating to this programme.

The Abraham Files - declassified secret South African intelligence documentation obtained after the programme was produced.

Request to Access Eric Abraham's File

Request_to_Access.pdf (Adobe PDF - 255Kb)

Approval to Access Eric Abraham's File

Approval-to-Access-Eric-Abrahams-File.pdf (Adobe PDF - 445Kb)

Eric Abraham's house arrest and banning orders

Banning_Order.pdf (Adobe PDF - 3.69Mb)

Department of Justice Documentation on the "Abraham Case" (English):

Dept_of_Justice_English.pdf (Adobe PDF - 1.01Mb)

Department of Justice Documentation on the "Abraham Case" (Afrikaans):

Dept_of_Justice_Afrikaans.pdf (Adobe PDF - 1.42Mb)

South African Police Documentation on the "Abraham Case"

South_African_Police.pdf (Adobe PDF - 335Kb)

Other Relevant Materials

Draft Testimony of Eric Abraham to the Committee of Experts on Southern Africa of the United Nations Commission for Human Rights

draft_testimony.pdf (Adobe PDF - 1.31Mb)

Eric Abraham on the history of the Southern African News Agency (SANA)

History_of_South_Africa.pdf (Adobe PDF - 387Kb)

Press

The Cape Times Editorial on the Abraham Case

The_Cape_Times.pdf (Adobe PDF - 187Kb)

Eric Abraham's Article for The Guardian on his escape from house arrest

Escape_From_South_Africa.pdf (Adobe PDF - 376Kb)

The Guardian editorial on the Abraham Case

The_Guardian.pdf (Adobe PDF - 105Kb)

Eric Abraham's Article for The Daily Telegraph on his experience of house arrest

Daily_Telegraph.pdf (Adobe PDF - 959Kb)