Local AA groups

Leaflet distributed by Notting Hill AA Group in west London as part of the national AAM campaign to pressure the South African government to release all political prisoners and stop fomenting ‘black on black’ violence.

Leeds Women Against Apartheid was formed in 1986 to bring together women in support of their sisters in South Africa and Namibia. The group reached out to women’s organisations in West Yorkshire, raising funds for women in Southern Africa, boycotting apartheid goods and holding day schools publicising the situation of women under apartheid. It was linked to a women’s group in Soshunguve township, near Pretoria. This poster advertised a fundraising skills auction in 1991.

Leeds Women Against Apartheid was formed in 1986 to bring together women in support of their sisters in South Africa and Namibia. The group reached out to women’s organisations in West Yorkshire, raising funds for women in Southern Africa, boycotting apartheid goods and holding day schools publicising the situation of women under apartheid. It was linked to a women’s group in Soshunguve township, near Pretoria. This poster advertised a fundraising karaoke night in November 1991.

Leaflet publicising a conference in Birmingham for the West Midlands region to discuss the AAM’s role in the final push to end apartheid. The conference was one of a series of conferences for local anti-apartheid activists covering every region of Britain. The conferences received first-hand reports from the ANC national consultative conference held in December 1990 and discussed proposals for twinning British regions with ANC branches in South Africa.

Leaflet publicising a fundraising concert of Latin American concert organised by Bath AA Group in 1991.

Leaflet publicising a fundraising concert, 'Rock Against Apartheid', organised by Birmingham AA Group and Birmingham Trades Council in 1992.

Flyer for a day school examining the links between British pit closures and South African coal imports, organised by Durham AA Group and the north-east area of the National Union of Mineworkers in 1992. The day school looked at the role of international capital in the coal mining industry and at future strategies for the industry in Britain and South Africa. Speakers included representatives of the British and South African mineworkers unions.

Birmingham AA Group collected signatures to a petition asking the British government to back an international commission on the Boipatong massacre in the summer of 1992. Its newsletter also publicised local action in support of the general strike called by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU).