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Vella Pillay was a founder member of the Anti-Apartheid Movement and served on its Executive Committee until it was dissolved after the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa in 1994.

In this clip Vella Pillay describes the tactics the Anti-Apartheid Movement used to set up a financial boycott of South Africa.

Vella Pillay was a founder member of the Anti-Apartheid Movement and served on its Executive Committee until it was dissolved after the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa in 1994.

In this clip Vella Pillay describes the tactics the Anti-Apartheid Movement used to stop bank loans tp South Africa.

Segregated facilities at Cape Town railway station in the 1950s.

Pretoria Parks Department notice saying Africans are not allowed to use the park unless they are looking after white children.

Black nannies sit on the grass looking after white children because the park bench is for whites only.

Playing chess in a ‘European only’ seating area.

Young boys digging potatoes on a white farm.