A briefing and flyer on the Anti-Apartheid Movement "Open Letter to John Major" campaign. The purpose of the campaign was to exert pressure via local MPs on the British government, so that they would take action to encourage the South African regime to enter into negotiations regarding a Constituent Assembly and Interim Government.
Correspondence relating to sports boycotts, in particular those opposing rugby and cricket tours of South Africa, supported by the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM), its affiliates, and the international community. Correspondents include the National and Olympic Sports Conference of South Africa (NOSC/NSC), the African National Congress (ANC), Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SAN-ROC), The Wales Trades Union Congress (WTUC) and the Welsh Office, amongst others. File also includes copies of correspondence between Peter Hain, MP, and members of NOSA, the Urban Foundation, the NSC, and others, regarding rugby links with South Africa. Also includes some AAM and WAAM press releases, copies of conference statements and of related news cuttings.
Correspondence with embassies, foreign governments, UK politicians, local and national government officials, UK trade union organisations, WAAM supporters, the central AAM office and other anti-apartheid groups, reflecting all aspects of Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement (WAAM) activity. Also contains informational copies of letters and correspondence sent to WAAM officers in relation to a particular subject or international anti-apartheid campaign.
Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement,
Cardiff AA Newsletters 1983-1993; Deeside AA Newsletter Spring 1989; WAAM Newsletters 1981-1993, some wanting.
Anti-Apartheid Movement in Wales,
Newspaper cuttings and photocopies of articles relating to some of the activities of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Wales.
Printed items used for marketing and publicity purposes by the Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement (WAAM), the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM), the African National Congress (ANC) and other groups involved in anti-apartheid activities.
Printed items used to raise awareness of the aims of the Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement (WAAM) and to promote its activities, comprising leaflets, flyers, cards and stickers. Also includes some preparatory artwork and lists of members of the House of Commons, the Wales TUC, Cardiff City Council, the Welsh Diplomatic Service and various political parties including Plaid Cymru and the Welsh LIberal Democrats. Many items are undated.
Leaflets and pamphlets produced by a wide range of groups supporting anti-apartheid initiatives including the United Nations, the Commonwealth Secretariat, Christian Aid, UNESCO, the Mozambique Angola Committee, the International Defence Aid Fund (IDAF), Action Aid, and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), amongst others.
'Recent trends in the policies of transnational corporations',
Paper presented by Christabel Gurney at the AAMs International Seminar on the Role of Transnational Corporations in South Africa, London, 2-4 November 1979.
'Isolate apartheid South Africa - sanctions now',
Background papers of the AAM national mobilising conference, London, March 21, 1981.
Anti-apartheid trade union conference,
Agenda, background papers and discussion papers of the London conference, 1986. Includes some personal notes of Hanef Bhamjee, WAAM Secretary and Trade Union Committee member.
Paper delivered by A Fortuin at a joint SASSSA/SAPSSA conference in Bloemfontein on 26 August 1990.
European Union/Southern Africa ministerial conference,
Declaration, and a Special Appeal by the Liaison group of AAMs in the EU to the Council of Ministers of the EU made at the Berlin Conference, 5-6 September 1994.
Briefings, statements and a folder of information gathered under the title 'The Freedom Charter.'
Small number of notes in the hand of Hanef Bhamjee on Southern African, [1980x1990], and Palestinian/Arab issues, 1970-1975. Some notes are based on earlier texts. Also includes draft text and annotations on the historical background and chronology of South Africa.
South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR),
Accumulated IRR reports including papers on Industrialisation given at the 1968 Annual Council Meeting, a copy of Muriel Horrell's "The Urban Population of the Transvaal", and "A Select Biography on the Poverty Datum Line in South Africa."
South Africa Labour and Development Research Unit paper "Trade Unions in South Africa 1970-1980: A Directory and Statistics". Saldru working paper number 45, by Shirley Miller.