04 | Boycott! | The Grapefruit Ladies
Apr 02, 2026
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Episode description
It's 1984, and in Dublin, Ireland, 21 year old shop assistant Mary Manning refuses to sell a South African grapefruit. Her action draws world attention to the campaign to hit Apartheid where it hurts, by crippling the South African economy. At the same time a young Australian seaman starts a global ban on shipping oil to South Africa.
How South Africans won their freedom from the racist Apartheid regime, and the Australians who helped them fight for it.
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