This dissertation investigates how the Muldergate scandal affected South Africa’s international image. In his book Selling Apartheid, Ron Nixon claimed that the Muldergate scandal had a negligible effect, stating that it was “just a bump in the road.” Nixon then concluded his chapter on Muldergate without further explanation or justification. I have investigated how the Muldergate Scandal was portrayed by foreign media, and sought to gauge the foreign public response to it. I did this by examining articles from three London newspapers between the 1960s and 1980s . I will show that the events of the Muldergate Scandal were made public through these newspapers, and despite the copious information available, the scandal did not have a significant impact on the Apartheid Government. This confirms Nixon’s “bump in the road” claim.