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HARDtalk: Tokyo Sexwale

15/12/2015 GMT

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Zeinab Badawi talks to South African businessmanTokyo Sexwale, FIFA Presidential Candidate

South African businessman Tokyo Sexwale is among five candidates vying to succeed FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Can he win this post or could past controversies damage his chances?

HARDtalk's Zeinab Badawi talks to South African ANC stalwart and businessman Tokyo Sexwale. He served thirteen years in jail on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela. As well as a career in politics he went into business and through interests in mining, gold and diamonds became one of the richest black South Africans. Now he is among five candidates vying to succeed FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Can Tokyo Sexwale reinvent himself and win this top football post? Or could past controversies damage his chances?

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