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6 unusual facts about His Big White Self


His Big White Self

The film also documents some particularly noteworthy events which all occurred in the run up to the ending of Apartheid and the South African general election, 1994.

This includes the events of 9 August 1991 when President F. W. de Klerk visited Ventersdorp (the leader's birthplace and a major power base for the AWB at the time) and the battle which subsequently ensued when the AWB allegedly cut the town's power supply and began firing on police.

Anita has since moved to the town of Ottosdal and devotes much of her time to her grandchildren teaching them Afrikaaner ways and traditions.

His Big White Self sees Broomfield returning to Ventersdorp in the former Transvaal (now North West Province), meeting JP and Anita to see how their lives have changed since the fall of apartheid in 1994.

The Leader, His Driver and the Driver's Wife

The documentary was released in the UK as a DVD boxset, together with His Big White Self, in April 2006.

The libel suit is mentioned amidst a montage of photos and camera footage of Jani Allan and reporters outside the London court in 1992, in the 2006 Nick Broomfield sequel His Big White Self, a sequel to The Leader, His Driver and the Driver's Wife, the documentary that spawned the libel suit.



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