Material relating to ACTSA and ACTSA Wales campaigning activities covering a range of areas including health and medicine, consumer goods, economic development in South Africa, peace in Angola, fair democratic processes in Southern African countries and raising the profile of these issues with UK politicians. File also contains papers relating to various events such as Nelson Mandela's visit to the city of Cardiff where he received the Freedom of the City.
Annual General Meetings and Extraordinary General Meetings,
Material relating to Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement annual and extraordinary general meetings comprising agenda, minutes and related papers.
Material relating to ARA campaigns supported by the Wales ARA, and also to activities carried out at a local level, such as conferences, marches and rallies.
Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement (WAAM) correspondence with UK and international organisations and groups relating to consumer and sports boycott activities carried out by the organisation, most of which relates to rugby tours of South Africa.
Printed circulars sent by the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) Central Office and the African National Congress (ANC) to Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement (WAAM) members. Also circulars distributed by WAAM to its members and affiliates. The circulars are mainly routine in nature, comprising notices of committee meetings, membership renewals and information relating to specific campaign activities or sponsored events.
Membership records of the Wales ARA and material relating to the activities of several national and local committees and groups. Committee papers may include meeting notices, agenda, minutes and related reports and papers.
Material relating to national and international conferences organised by, or attended by, the AAM or the WAAM. The conferences mainly relate to anti-apartheid policies, particular anti-apartheid campaigns, and race relations in general. See file-level descriptions for individual printed speeches presented at conferences, hearings or seminars.
Consumer boycott and sanctions,
Material relating to campaigns organised by the Anti-Apartheid Movement calling for the support of consumer boycotts and sanctions against South African goods and services, such as the national campaign "Boycott Apartheid '89", as well as activities in South Wales focusing on boycotting local shops selling South African goods. Files may include letters, reports, newsletters, briefings, press cuttings and promotional material, and campaign packs.
Correspondence of the Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) Wales group comprising circular letters and general business correspondence.
Correspondence reflecting the aims and activities of the Wales Anti-Racist Alliance (WARA) comprising circulars, group mailings, and general correspondence.
Material relating to boycotts against cultural events, such as concerts, film screenings, and artistic competitions, which included South African performers or promoted any links to apartheid South Africa. Also material relating to the opposition of UK artists travelling to, or performing in, South Africa. Events and artists targeted include the Llangollen International Music Eisteddfod, Simple Minds and Shirley Bassey, amongst others. Files may include letters, press cuttings, event programmes and other printed items.
Economic campaigns and sanctions,
Material relating to campaigns of an economic nature, including those boycotting gold and jewelry of South African origin, campaigns against banks that were investing and operating in South Africa, campaigns supporting oil embargoes placed on South Africa and Namibia, campaigns discouraging foreign investment in South Africa, and campaigns calling for the implementation of sanctions against the Apartheid regime in South Africa. Also contains lists of companies trading in South Africa and information on the shareholdings of several British and European companies with suspected links to Apartheid.
Material relating to the work of the Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement's Executive Committee comprising notices of meetings, agenda and minutes.
External committees and groups,
Material relating to the work and activities of the governing committees of the national Anti-Apartheid Movement, based in London, and the committees of several of its regional branches.
Fair elections and independence,
Material relating to campaigns for democracy in South Africa organised and promoted by the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the African National Congress. Also contains material pertaining to campaigns assisting the struggle for freedom in other countries in the Southern Africa region such as Angola, Mozambique and Namibia.
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.
Printed material published by the AAM, the ANC, the UN, and others, on a variety of subjects including apartheid in South Africa, UK trade with South Africa, trade unions in South Africa, human rights and Namibia's struggle for independence. Also a collection of protest songs collected and used by members of WAAM in their campaign and fundraising activities.
Material relating to the work of the Wales Rejects Apartheid Co-ordinating Committee, the Joint Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement and National Union of Students (NUS/UCMC) Committee, and several ad-hoc meetings.
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.
Material relating to the activities of several Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) Wales committees including the National Executive Council, the Trade Union Committee, Annual General Meetings and ad-hoc forum groups. National Executive Council papers also include papers relating to the dissolution of the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM), the future of its archive, and the launch of ACTSA. Files may include meeting notices, agendas, minutes, reports and related papers.