Liverpool will celebrate Mandela Day 18 July with a week-long programme of celebrations, including a children's parade down Princes Boulevard, civic reception, conversation with the Mandela family, gala dinner, culminating in a  Freedom Festival on 23

A new education resource from the London Recruits tells the story of some of the young people who went to South Africa undercover to support the anti-apartheid freedom struggle. It also presents an illustrated history of the above-ground

Ruth Mompati, who died in Cape Town on 12 May, served as the ANC’s representative in Britain in the early 1980s. She earned wide respect at a time when apartheid was not such a big issue as it later became. She travelled the length and breadth of

A new exhibition telling the story of how the people of Dundee campaigned against apartheid will be on show at Dundee Central Library, 28 April to 20 May. Dundee was one of nine British local authorities that made Nelson Mandela an honorary

Lord Bob Hughes, former Chair of the AAM and President of ACTSA (Action for Southern Africa) died aged 90 on 7 January 2022. He made an enormous contribution to the struggle to end apartheid in South Africa, and was respected and loved by all who

Denis Goldberg died in Cape Town on 29 April. Denis was arrested in 1963 with Nelson Mandela and other ANC leaders and spent 22 years in prison in Pretoria. On his release in 1985 he was forced to leave South Africa and came to London. He continued his

The Anti-Apartheid Movement Women’s Committee published a regular newsletter, 1981–89. The newsletter carried news about the impact of apartheid on South Africa women and on how British women were acting in solidarity with their sisters in South

How local activists in the London Borough of Hackney campaigned against apartheid is the theme of a new exhibition at CLR James Library, Dalston Lane, Hackney. Hackney Council declared Hackney an apartheid free zone in the 1980s and Hackney

The peaceful demonstration against the rugby Springboks game against Swansea on 15 November 1969 erupted into violence when vigilantes attacked student protesters. Police stood by while so-called rugby supporters inflicted horrific injuries on

Don’t miss – Brent Journey to Justice exhibition at Willesden Green Library, 15 June to 1 September. The exhibition tells how local people in the London Borough of Brent campaigned against apartheid, as well as showing Journey to Justice’s