A good post from our sister organisation ACTSA UK

Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)@actsa-uk.bsky.social · 2w ago

Did you know? Glasgow awarded Nelson Mandela the Freedom of the City in 1981, while imprisoned under apartheid. Today, that legacy of solidarity reminds us that human rights transcend nationality. S.A must not allow inaction to create space for xenophobia. #MandelaLegacy #InternationalSolidarity

The Scottish Nelson Mandela Memorial Campaign today unveiled the Nelson Mandela Memorial statue in Glasgow. 9th October marks the anniversary of Mandela's 1993 visit to Glasgow to collect the freedoms of nine UK cities. This was a historic event and NASUWT was proud to attend and support.

Some good pictures from ACTSA UK of today's unveiling.

Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)@actsa-uk.bsky.social · 3w ago

Today, ACTSA joined the Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation in Glasgow for the unveiling of a statue honouring Nelson Mandela at Nelson Mandela Place. We are proud to have been part of this historic occasion. To follow ACTSA click 👉 actsa.org/get-involved/ #Solidarity

The STUC are livestreaming for us our unveiling ceremony for the new Mandela statue in Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow on Fri. 9th Oct. at 4pm. It will be accessible to all - live at the time and then a recording after the event. The link is at bit.ly/9Octlivestream

A new media release is now up on the NMSMF website informing the world of the unveiling of the Nelson Mandela statue in Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow on Friday, 9th October at 4pm. It will be a fairly short public ceremony and all friends are welcome. mandelascottishmemorial.org/media-releas...

MEDIA RELEASE Nelson Mandela statue to be unveiled on 9 October - Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation

At 4pm on Friday 9 October 2026 the statue of Nelson Mandela will be unveiled in Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow. The statue of Nelson Mandela, created by renowned sculptor Alan...

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The Nelson Mandela statue in Glasgow's Mandela Place will be unveiled on Friday, 9th Oct. at 4pm.This is a public event and all friends are welcome. Marah Louw will sing, just as at Mandela's Glasgow visit on 9th Oct. 1993 (pictured) bit.ly/glasmandstory bit.ly/Mandelaschools bit.ly/NMSMFdon

16 Commonwealth High Commissioners attended, plus Ruth Mompati, the then Chief Rep. of the ANC in the UK. Twelve years later, on 9th Oct. 1993, Mandela came to Glasgow to accept in person the Freedom of Glasgow and of 8 other local authorities which had followed Glasgow's example.

45 years ago on 4th Aug. 1981 Glasgow awarded its Freedom to Nelson Mandela. He was still on Robben Island so it was accepted by Dr. Alex Ekwueme, then Vice-President of Nigeria, from Lord Provost Michael Kelly. See John Stevenson's video of 5 years ago at mandelascottishmemorial.org/40years

Following a @thetimes.com piece suggesting now could be a good time to invest in @angloamerican.bsky.social, ACTSA director Rachel reminds potential investors about the class-action filed against the company for lead pollution in Kabwe, Zambia – and its global pattern of environmental and human harm

"From a class-action to riding roughshod over communities" - a warning for potential Anglo American investors

Following an analysis in The Times about investing in Anglo American, ACTSA director Rachel reminds potential investors about the class-action filed against it on behalf of 140,000 women and children ...

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#OTD 1955, the Congress of the People began in #Kliptown. To mark 71 years, we’re launching 'Exploring the #FreedomCharter' - a free, adaptable 5-part resource for schools Collab w. @teachfortomorrowuk.bsky.social 🙏 @unieastanglia.bsky.social & NLHF antiapartheidlegacy.org.uk/resources/ed...

Exploring the Freedom Charter - Anti Apartheid Legacy

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50 years ago on 19-6-76 a meeting of Anti-Apartheid activists constituted the Anti-Apartheid Movement Scottish Committee. After a year of an informal co-ordinating committee a more formal structure was necessary. The new body worked for 18 years, until apartheid ended and ACTSA Scotland was formed

"Solidarity is built through connection, not purity. During the anti-apartheid struggle, people didn’t need identical politics to agree apartheid was morally indefensible." ACTSA director Rachel Palma Randle on what we can learn from Mandela's struggle. The first part of the 3-part doc is now on C4

Free Nelson Mandela shows building power is not like going viral

The three-part documentary Free Nelson Mandela understands the role of culture and connection in spreading word of imprisoned revolutionary

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Seth Mazibuko was a student leader involved in the 1976 Soweto student movement which organised mass protests against the apartheid government’s decision to impose Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in black schools. Read groundup.org.za/article/yout... by Ihsaan Haffejee

1976 student uprising leader still haunted by “rows of bodies in the mortuary”

Seth Mazibuko is part of a team heading the “1976 at 50” campaign to commemorate the day

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16th June is the 50th anniv. of the shooting of protesting children in Soweto, sparking the Soweto Uprising, and also the 40th anniv. of the re-naming of Nelson Mandela Pl., then home of the apartheid S. African Consulate. Mandela Pl. will be the site of the statue of Mandela from 9th Oct. 2026

Starting on Channel 4 this Sunday! The first episode of a landmark new three-part documentary series Free Nelson Mandela It tells the story of Nelson Mandela's journey from activist to political prisoner, and the extraordinary people-powered campaign for his freedom in South Africa and worldwide⤵️

South Africans in the northern half of Britain voted in Glasgow,and the Anti-Apartheid Movement Scottish Committee was one of the bodies invited to appoint official obervers.Watching South Africans of all races casting their votes together that momentous day was truly a privilege, and unforgettable.

On 26th & 27th April 1994 South Africa held its first free non-racial election, ending whites-only rule, electing a new Government and making Nelson Mandela the country's President. The 26th was for infirm voters and was also the day for exiles to vote abroad - including in Glasgow City Chambers.

Concrete foundations have now been laid at the site in Nelson Mandela Place of the coming statue of Nelson Mandela, ready for the installation of the plinth and the statue itself in due course. The pavement has been relaid on top, to await October. See mandelascottishmemorial.org/nelson-mande...

Nelson Mandela Memorial - Another Milestone! - Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation

The week of the 6th of March, saw the early construction of the foundations for the memorial. Organised by our principal contractor, Sir Robert McAlpine, the site at Nelson Mandela...

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Earlier this month ACTSA and partners launched the Anglo American Accountability Deficit report, exposing the company's unresolved impacts in Southern Africa & globally: shorturl.at/9mcp3 Director of Environment Africa Zambia Namo Chuma introduces the report & explains the pollution left in Kabwe ⬇️

The latest update on progress with the Mandela statue in Glasgow is now on the NMSMF website at mandelascottishmemorial.org/nelson-mande... Alan Herriot has been working fast on the clay model, and this will move on to Powderhall foundry within days for casting. Oct. 9th is the unveiling target.

Nelson Mandela Memorial - A Stunning Work in Progress! - Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation

Since the appointment of Alan B Herriot to create our statue of Mandela, progress has been excellent. All of the arduous planning and fund-raising with the support of many is...

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The contract is now signed for Alan Herriot to produce that statue of Mandela.He is already hard at work on the clay, and casting in bronze at Powderhall Foundry will be complete for unveiling in October. The foundations are being installed this month. Donations still very welcome at bit.ly/NMSMFdon

Donate - Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation

“Make it happen! – Scotland’s Mandela Statue”   You can donate to the campaign online, by cheque or internet banking or by a regular standing order or direct debit through the...

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On 11th Feb 1990 Nelson Mandela was freed to a joyous welcome. In Glasgow a huge crowd celebrated in Mandela Place, where our new statue will soon honour Mandela and his lessons for social justice. Our schools resource pack "When Mandela danced in the Square" is at bit.ly/Mandelaschools

The UK government has been challenged in the House of Lords by @peterhain.bsky.social about its grant to @angloamerican.bsky.social Anglo is accused of helping block compensation to thousands and thousands of sick miners across the region who contracted TB and silicosis in their South African mines

UK urged to halt Anglo American funding over miner compensation delays | The Citizen

Rights groups say a UK-backed project contradicts unresolved claims by sick former mineworkers and their families.

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Solidarity with the 600,000+ people affected by terrible floods in Mozambique. Southern Africa is facing increasingly disruptive weather events (though #climatecrisis is due to Global North countries & businesses) - but the colonialism-rooted debt crisis makes it harder for governments to deal with.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency@unhcr.org · 9mo ago

Floodwaters are rising. Families are fleeing. Needs are growing by the hour. Severe flooding has affected 600,000+ people in southern Mozambique, triggering new displacement. UNHCR is supporting the Government-led response and stands ready to scale it up.

Imagine being separated from your child for 3 years... A year ago we launched our report with Women of Zimbabwe about the migrant mums working in health & care denied visas for children, despite havng the right to bring them This is discrimination against single mothers Read & join the campaign

NEW REPORT - All families matter: Uncovering Injustice and Discrimination in the UK Visa and Immigration system

Single mothers who arrived in the UK to work as health and care workers have been denied their child’s visa despite having the right to bring dependants when they arrived, reveals a report published o...

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A Universal Basic Income (#UBI) would cut poverty and transform lives - but it would also act as a huge economic stimulus to boost GDP and jobs ACTSA supports the exciting campaign for a UBI in South Africa Hear more on Wednesday 7:30 GMT / 9:30 SAST Watch live here➡️ www.facebook.com/amandla.mobi

amandla.mobi@amandlamobi.bsky.social · 9mo ago

[Panel Discussion]: Join us as we make the case for a Universal Basic Income Grant to President Ramaphosa & National Treasury ahead of the 2026 SONA & Budget Speech Naleli Morojele from the SAHRC will join the panel to share her expertise & insights. RSVP here: awethu.amandla.mobi/events/unloc....

ESWATINI/SWAZILAND 🇸🇿 Today marks 3 years since the assassination of human rights lawyer #ThulaniMaseko at home Maseko was also a civil society leader, challenging the King's unbridled power and wealth Solidarity with Swaziland. The international community must join the call for #JusticeforThulani

“Never Again”: Lords Fury Over Zambia Poisoning Scandal British peers yesterday sounded the alarm over the public health disaster in Kabwe, a town scarred by colonial-era mining & now one of the world's most polluted places Development Minister Champion said there are “clear lessons” to be learnt

“Never Again”: Lords Fury Over Zambia Poisoning Scandal

Britain’s peers have sounded the alarm over a shocking public health disaster in Kabwe, Zambia, a town scarred by decades of lead mining and now known as one of the most polluted places on Earth.

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Yesterday, Lord Oates raised the lead pollution from colonial-era mining in Kabwe, Zambia, in the UK House of Lords with peers calling it a "horror" and a "shame" Oates shared mothers' stories and said the UK as legal authority at the time has a moral responsiblity as well as miner Anglo American

Our sister organisation ACTSA UK campaigns on this issue, about migrant Zimbabwean and other care workers being refused visas to the UK for their children despite having legal entitlement. See bit.ly/Allfamsmatter & actsa.org/campaigns/al... ACTSA Scotland has raised this with some Scottish MPs.

Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)@actsa-uk.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Important action by @unisontheunion.bsky.social and overseas care workers on #InternationalMigrantsDay. Even migrants mums who arrived before current restrictions have been denied visas for their children. Migrant workers are holding up our NHS - they deserve better!