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In June 2008 ACTSA took a delegation, funded by Coca Cola GB, of ten youth and student leaders to South Africa and Swaziland, enabling them to engage with their counterparts in southern Africa and build and deepen solidarity between their respective organisations.
The delegation lasted 12 days between 9th and 21st June 2008 and included delegates from the National Union of Students, British Youth Council, Liberal Youth, Compass Youth and the Young Fabians, a number of which are active in the trade union movement.
Throughout the delegation participants took it in turns to record their activities in a daily blog. Click on the links below to find out what happened on each day.
Pre delegation visit: Saturday
Sailsbury International Festival: Susan Nash, NUS
Day 1: Monday
Cape Town and Table Mountain: Beth Walker, NUS
Day 2: Tuesday
Cape Town, tour of Parliament, District 6 and townships: Bellavia Ribeiro-Addy, NUS
Day 3: Wednesday
Cape Town, Rape Crisis Centre,Treatment Acion Campaign and an evening with  Denis Goldberg: Claire Leigh, Young Fabians
Day 4: Thursday
Cape Town to Johannesburg and an afternoon of leadership with the British Council: Katie Dalton, NUS
Day 5: Friday
Painting at the Orange Farm Orphanage, visiting the Coca Cola bottling plant and meeting the Youth Development Network: Kainde Manji, NUS
Day 6: Saturday
Johannesburg, meeting with the South African Education Department, ANC Youth, National Youth Committee and the Congress of South African Trade Unions: David Chaplin, Young Fabians
Day 7: Sunday
Visiting the Apartheid Museum, Meeting with studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute, JASA and the Zimbabwe Solidarity Trust: Noel Hatch, Compass Youth
Day 8: Monday
Attending the Youth Day Celebrations, meeting the Malawi Student Movement and travelling to Manzini: Benjamin Mathis, Liberal Youth
Day 9: Tuesday
Visiting agricultural projects and community programmes in Mahlangatja: Andre Campbell, BYC
Day 10: Wednesday
Meetings with trade unions, political organisations and the Swazi Youth and Student Movement: Susan Nash, NUS and Claire Leigh, Young Fabians
Day 11: Thursday
Visiting the Market, lunch at a wildlife park and travelling to Johannesburg: Mark Beacon, ACTSA
Day 12: Friday
Meeting the High Commission and DfID, Men as Partners and returning to London: Mark Beacon, ACTSA
Please note that the content of all blogs are the views of the authors and not that of ACTSA or the organisations that delegates represent.
Previous Delegations
2007 Youth and Student Delegation to Southern Africa
ACTSA would like acknowledge and thank Coca Cola GB for its generous funding of the delegation.
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