Ex-UK PM Thatcher thought Nelson Mandela had 'a closed mind': Docs
Following a phone call with Nelson Mandela in June 1990, former UK PM Margaret Thatcher had told her then-Foreign Affairs Adviser that the ex-South African President had "a closed mind", according to newly released secret files. The UK's then-Ambassador to South Africa, Sir Robin Renwick, had said Mandela wasn't "as intelligent" as ex-Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, the files further revealed.