Youth and student delegation, day four: Cape Town and Johannesburg
By Mark | September 7, 2011
Travelling from Cape Town to Johannesburg and meeting the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute
Simon Darvill
The day started with yet another early wake-up-call, in order to head to Cape Town Airport to catch our flight to Johannesburg. As we left Cape Town in our minibus I reflected on the last three days in South Africa. Looking over the City and the bay that is dominated by one of the most beautiful natural wonders, Table Mountain, we drove past Read the rest of this entry »
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Youth and student delegation, day three: Cape Town
By Mark | September 6, 2011
Parliament, Swaziland Democracy Campaign and Cape Point
Jack Storry
Our morning began with a visit to the South African Parliament. Our tour guide explained to the group the history of the South African Parliament, the workings of the South African political system and outlined to us the current political environment in South Africa. Read the rest of this entry »
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Youth and student delegation, day two: Cape Town
By Mark | September 5, 2011
Ubuntu – I am because of you, you are because I am…humanity
District Six, Langa, Gugulethu and an evening with Denis Goldberg
Poonum Chamdal
Today was a day beyond words, beyond expression, beyond an attempt to sound profound or poetic. For of those of you that don’t know; I’m currently in South Africa through a delegation by ACTSA, the idea being that we create more Read the rest of this entry »
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Youth and student delegation, day one: Robben Island
By Mark | September 4, 2011
ACTSA Youth and student delegation 2011: Simon Bennett
Day One: Robben Island
Our first activity was a trip by ferry to Robben Island, the site of a now defunct high security prison which was used to incarcerate political prisoners during the era of apartheid in South Africa. With the sun on our Read the rest of this entry »
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ACTSA Press Release: Swaziland day of action
By Campaigns | September 2, 2011
Swaziland Independence Day 6 September: Action for Southern Africa and National Union of Students call for democracy and rights.
The National Union of Students, Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) and others will mark Swaziland’s Independence Day, on 6th September, with a vigil for democracy and rights. They will join with people in Swaziland, South Africa and across the world echoing the calls of Swazi people for democracy and rights, and raising awareness of the social and economic crisis in the country. Read the rest of this entry »
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Message to the Government of Malawi from Action for Southern Africa
By Mark | August 1, 2011
Following the killing of 19 people on the 20 July and subsequent threats to Human Rights defenders Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) has sent the following message to the government of Malawi. Read the rest of this entry »
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Happy 93rd Birthday Nelson Mandela!
By Mark | July 18, 2011
18 July 2011 is Nelson’s Mandela’s 93rd Birthday. ACTSA, the successor to the Anti Apartheid Movement joins with many others in wishing him a happy birthday and a long, peaceful, continuing and incredibly well deserved retirement. Read the rest of this entry »
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ACTSA calls for an end to violence in Zimbabwe on third anniversary of Presidential run-off
By Campaigns | June 30, 2011
ACTSA Press Release
On 27 June Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) marked the third anniversary of Zimbabwe’s fateful 2008 presidential ‘run-off’ election with a vigil outside the Zimbabwe Embassy. The vigil was attended by ACTSA supporters, members of the Zimbabwean diaspora and representatives of many of Britain’s main trade unions.
ACTSA presented the Embassy with over 1300 cards calling for an end to violence and for free elections. The Embassy refused to take the cards from ACTSA, saying they could only accept them by post. The cards were attached to bunches of red roses: often used by women’s groups in Zimbabwe as a symbol of peaceful protest.
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Solidarity message: Stop the violence in Zimbabwe now!
By Mark | June 27, 2011
Message from the Civil Service Employees Association of Zimbabwe (CSEA) to ACTSA’s Stop the violence vigil on 27 June. CSEA works closely with Unison, the public service union. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tributes to Kader Asmal
By Sarah | June 24, 2011
Kader Asmal, who died on June 22, 2011, aged 76, was founder and leader of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement and was a member of Nelson Mandela’s first democratically elected government of South Africa.
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