The voice of South Africa

Abstract

The aim of this report is briefly to make a survey of one of the techniques which the government of South Africa is employing in order to project abroad its own image of the prevailing conditions in the country. The Voice of South Africa, the South African shortwave station, has so far been the object of very little systematic research. The space of time primarily analysed is 1967-1971 ... The aim of the analysis is to make clear the political motives of the South African propagandist. In that connection the very contents of the transmissions have been of minor interest. Instead, the ambition has been to give a general picture of the methods, the motives, the target groups, and the programme contents of the station. (From the introduction.)

<p>Contents: Introduction -- International radio communication -- Voice of South Africa: a means to influence the outside world -- The South African voice -- Notes -- Sources and literature</p>