The End of Apartheid by Robin Renwick review – why Thatcher got it right on South Africa

In his diary entries recalling the decline of apartheid, the former British ambassador to South Africa appears to push the limits of diplomatic courtesy

Ask readers of the Guardian what Margaret Thatcher’s view of apartheid was and they would probably guess she was in favour, and regarded Mandela as a fanatic best kept in jail. Such is the power of stereotype. Yet Thatcher opposed apartheid and she lobbied Pretoria incessantly for Mandela’s release. She parted company with the libera...