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After the international conference on ‘Children, Repression and the Law in Apartheid South Africa’ in Harare in September 1987, professionals working with children set up a group under the auspices of  SATIS (Southern Africa the Imprisoned Society) to publicise the treatment of childen under apartheid. This poster advertised a national information tour organised by the group, 22 April–17 May 1989.

T-shirt produced for the campaign to highlight the detention of children in South Africa organised by Southern Africa the Imprisoned Society (SATIS). The campaign arose from a conference held in Harare in 1987 at which children from South Africa testified about their torture in detention. It was carried forward at a meeting held on 23 April 1988 at City University, London by the Harare Working Group.

Tyneside AA Group asked carnival goers to support the AAM’s ‘Boycott Apartheid 89’ campaign on May Day 1989.

Tyneside AA Group asked spectators to boycott Shell products at Newcastle upon Tyne’s May Day carnival in1989. 

‘Don’t Buy South African goods’ was the message on Tyneside AA Group’s float at Newcastle upon Tyne’s May Day carnival in 1989. Local anti-apartheid supporters were asking spectators to support the AAM’s ‘Boycott Apartheid 89’ campaign.

By the late 1980s the Anti-Apartheid Health Committee had built awareness among British health professionals of the chronic discrimination in health provision in South Africa and Namibia. One of the aims of this conference was to discuss how health workers in Britain could support their colleagues in South Africa, as well as joining in wider anti-apartheid campaigns.

On 4 May 1978 over 600 Namibian refugees were massacred by South African soldiers at Kassinga in southern Angola. This exhibition and fundraising social was held on the eleventh anniversary of the massacre. Seven hundred flowers were displayed in the shape of Africa and Glenys Kinnock unveiled a commemorative picture by an exiled Namibian. The event raised over £1,000 for rehabilitation projects in Namibia and Angola.

On 4 May 1978 over 600 Namibian refugees were massacred by South African soldiers at Kassinga in southern Angola. This fundraising evening was held on the eleventh anniversary of the massacre in 1989. It raised over £1,000 for rehabilitation projects in Namibia and Angola.