Opposition of Actions Taken
The arms embargo encouraged the development of a major military arms industry, providing a significant source of foreign exchange
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The oil embargo led South Africa to pioneer in the development of oil extraction from coal
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-Mark R. Amstutz
Britain and Margaret Thatcher
"Thatcher argued that sanctions were immoral because they would throw thousands of South African blacks out of work. Her stance allowed British companies to continue operating in apartheid South Africa, where the United Kingdom was the biggest trading partner and foreign investor."-Michelle Faul
"Maggie Thatcher and Britain were important figures ... they were defending (apartheid) South Africa, they were preventing international sanctions...Many lives were lost (as a result of the apartheid regime). I don't think it's a great loss to the world (Thatcher's death) ... I say good riddance,"-Pallo Jordan (former Cabinet minister of African National Congress)
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"Thatcher did more to release Nelson Mandela out of prison than any of the other hundreds of anti-apartheid committees in Europe,"-Pik Botha (the last foreign minister of the apartheid regime)
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