Lest we forget 21 March: Sharpeville Massacre and UN anti-racism day
The killing on 21 March 1960 by South African police of 69 peaceful protesters, with 180 injured, in the ‘Sharpeville Massacre’ led to the United...
The killing on 21 March 1960 by South African police of 69 peaceful protesters, with 180 injured, in the ‘Sharpeville Massacre’ led to the United...
ACTSA Scotland and the Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation held this lecture on 5 December 2023, the tenth anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s death, as part of...
Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation pays tribute to George Johannes, whose memorial event was held in the South African High Commission in London in September...
Scotland and Glasgow have had a key role in the anti-apartheid movement which led to the end of apartheid in South Africa. Many of those...
Continuing our memories from the anti-apartheid struggle, Jim Watson talks about his student days, his awakening to the anti-apartheid movement whilst a student at Strathclyde...
On the occasion of the10th anniversary of the death of Nelson Mandela the Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation and ACTSA Scotland invite you to the...
Paul Sutton, who travelled from Hull to meet Nelson Mandela on that memorable day in Glasgow, shares his memories. “I was part of the official...
Marlene Barrie remembers her good fortune in meeting Nelson Mandela when he arrived at his hotel, and her pride that Glasgow was the first to...
Mandy Neeson tells of how Mandela’s visit to Glasgow encouraged her involvement in the anti-apartheid movement. I was in George Square at the Rally. I...
David Kenvyn tells us his memories of the day Nelson Mandela came to Glasgow. I had not intended to be in Glasgow for Nelson Mandela’s...