Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.

My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds.

As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality featuring the most knowledgeable experts and genuinely engaging voices.

What you may not know is that the BBC makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars,

poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories and that's just a few examples.

If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected, find your next podcast over at BBC

Sounds.

Choosing what to watch.

Night after night.

The flicking through. The endless searching is a nightmare. We want to help you. On our

brand new podcast off the telly we share what we've been watching.

Cladie aider. Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming, lovely.

Off the telly with me Joanna Paige and me, Natalie Cassidy,

so your evenings can be a little less searching

and a lot more watching listen on BBC

sounds you're listening to the witness history podcast from the BBC World

Service with me David Whittie and today I'm taking you back to September 1998 when South Africa

sent troops into the small country of Lusutu to help the government to deal with opposition protests.

The ensuing violence left many dead.

In 2014 I spoke to Mamelo Morrison.

She was spokeswoman for opposition supporters who'd been camped outside the King's Palace in Maseru, the capital of Lissutu for months,

protesting against the results of the general election held earlier that year.

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