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- Category: Action Alert
- “This sets a dangerous precedent” – ACTSA statement on US deportation of convicted criminals to Eswatini
- TAKE ACTION: ask your MP to support the EDM on human rights in Eswatini/Swaziland
- ACTSA writes to Baroness Scotland with ‘grave concerns’ concerning Zimbabwe possible re-admission to the Commonwealth
- Environmental racism and holding corporations to account: the Kabwe case – event
- Torn apart from my children: mothers urge Home Office to review broken child visa system
- Migrant care workers torn apart from children – protest in Sheffield 27 sept
- Spotlight on Zimbabwe and Nicole Chabata for International Day of Democracy
- Oliver Tambo and his London Recruits – The People’s Release
- Swaziland: ACTSA writes to David Lammy requesting urgent attention on deteriorating political situation
- 30th anniversary of South African democracy commemorated at Westminster Abbey
- Zimbabwe: democracy under attack as ‘Avondale 78’ denied right to bail
- Take Action: The UK Must Support Access for All to COVID-19 Testing, Treatments and Vaccines
- TAKE ACTION: CALL ON THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TO TACKLE TRADE MISINVOICING AND UNJUST DEBT
- Mount Snowdon Sponsored Hike
- ACTION ALERT: Zimbabwe demonstrations, London, February 1-2
- Category: Angola
- ACTSA letter on Luanda Leaks published by Business Day
- Angola Monitor 2018 Issue 2 available now
- Angolan Elections: MPLA announced as the winner. Opposition parties and activists call foul play
- Angolan Elections: Angola will change the question is how much?
- Angolan Elections: Observer missions invited but possibly no EU team
- Category: Campaigns
- The debt crisis in Southern Africa is a gender justice crisis
- Anglo American’s AGM 2026: “I repeat what I said before” – evading accountability and broken promises
- “From a class-action to riding roughshod over communities” – a warning for potential Anglo American investors
- Joint statement by Women of Zimbabwe and ACTSA objecting to the Constitutional Amendment (No. 3) Bill (Zimbabwe)
- Protests in London and Zambia on day of Anglo American AGM
- ISDS is a threat to our collective future: ACTSA joins 300+ organisations in worldwide call
- Thousands of sick and dying miners in Southern Africa threatened with being stripped of their only route to compensation
- Commonwealth urged to take action on Eswatini as country marks 40 years of King’s rule and 5 years since massacre
- Mining giant’s ‘accountability deficit’ discussed in meeting with Cape Town Archbishop
- New report: Anglo American’s Accountability Deficit
- UBI in South Africa: Unlocking True Prosperity
- UK’s House of Lords debates scandal of former miners with TB and silicosis still denied compensation due
- “Never Again”: Lords Fury Over Zambia Poisoning Scandal
- Mining and the many masks of gender violence : 16 days of activism in 2025
- ACTSA joins call to European leaders to scrap green hydrogen imports
- MACUA submit parliamentary petition calling for corporate accountability as Anglo American exits South Africa
- FCDO slammed for spending UK taxpayer money on mining giant’s programme in South Africa
- Zambian community class-action: The Kabwe community appeal heard by South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal
- “A new low for Zimbabwe’s regime” – ACTSA statement on Job Sikhala arrest in South Africa
- New report about Kabwe: Life in the world’s most polluted town
- ACTSA calls for adoption of the Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill
- “UK must stand with Global South against unfair US trade tactics” – ACTSA signs open letter to Government
- Solidarity with Swaziland on anniversary of massacre: no freedom, no justice, no peace
- Lesotho – Statement of Solidarity for T’solo Thakeli
- Solidarity with Tanzania amid growing repression and human rights violations
- Anglo American questioned by affected mother at its AGM
- Trump’s Manufactured “White Genocide” Serves His Populism – Peter Hain
- Letter to UK government from SADC representatives about unjust debt
- Zimbabwe: 50 days of detention for journalist Blessed Mhlanga
- ‘Stop the environment and social crisis!’ Madagascan community denounces Rio Tinto on day of its AGM
- On Mauritius Independence Day, will Chagossians ever have the final say on their status?
- ACTSA letter in the Guardian: “Migrant health and care workers deserve better than this”
- The facts: land reform in South Africa
- Africa mourns a liberation hero: Sam Nujoma
- “Anglo American has shown no moral responsibility” – a response to Anglo’s letter about lead pollution in Kabwe
- Making 2025 the year to tackle the worst debt crisis in 30 years – join us!
- NEW REPORT – All families matter: Uncovering Injustice and Discrimination in the UK Visa and Immigration system
- Two years on from Thulani Maseko murder – a reminder to keep Swaziland’s struggle for democracy on your agenda
- The UK’s scramble for ‘green’ hydrogen: bad news for southern Africa?
- What’s going on in Mozambique? Solidarity update
- Anglo American investors urged to consider ‘moral and legal risk’ re Kabwe lead pollution
- More delays to compensation for former miners with silicosis – Justice for Miners
- Open letter about Kabwe lead pollution handed in to Anglo American
- Event hosted in Parliament calls on Anglo American to answer for its toxic legacy in Kabwe, Zambia
- Soaring debt is blocking climate action in Southern Africa
- Workers of the world unite on May Day!
- Kabwe Community Appeals Class Action Decision in Johannesburg High Court Against Anglo American
- Kabwe, Zambia: the foundations of injustice and poverty were built on the legacies of colonialism
- Dying For Gold – a [human] right to good health.
- Anglo American may face class action suit over decades of Zambia lead poisoning
- Peter Hain: Lead mining pollution in Zambia is an ESG test case
- ACTSA and SHRNUK letter re Swaziland to the CMAG
- ACTSA letter on Silicosis settlement published by the Mail & Guardian
- Justice for Miners with Silicosis: An out of court settlement is expected to the class action first brought in 2012
- Category: Debt Justice
- Category: HIV/AIDS
- Category: Human Rights
- Remembering Shanthie Naidoo: a tribute
- Rising xenophobia in South Africa – ACTSA and other former anti-apartheid movements call on the ANC to address the violence
- Solidarity with Swaziland on the birthday of King Mswati III, 40 years in power
- Solidarity with Zimbabwe as Independence Day is marked by protests against Government’s ‘constitutional coup’ and crackdown
- SOLIDARITY IS KEY! Reflections on 11 years since Mandela’s death
- Concerns Rising for Zimbabwean Human Rights as Election Date Approaches
- ACTSA statement on international reaction to the death of Robert Mugabe
- Invite a former AAM activist to speak at your next event
- Spotlight on our appeal: Zimbabwe – The World is Watching
- Key Issues Regarding the Zimbabwean General Election on 30 July 2018
- Swaziland’s 2018 national elections: Injustice, yet again
- Category: Justice for Miners
- Category: Kabwe
- Category: Madagascar
- Category: Migrant Rights
- Category: Mozambique
- Category: News
- ACTSA welcomes new director
- ACTSA announces new Honorary President: Dame Chi Onwurah MP
- South Africa’s new Government of National Unity is the right time to implement UBI
- Africa Day 2024 – SADC and Zimbabwe’s post-election conflict
- Join Us for a Special Night of South African Jazz and Solidarity!
- Tickets now available: “The Unlikely Secret Agent”
- Zambian lead poisoning Claimants win permission to appeal class action against Anglo American
- 30 Years On: An Exhibition of Artwork by Norman Kaplan open until 6 May
- The Right to Boycott – Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
- Peter Hain challenges South African and international businesses to step up to stop corruption
- Voices from the Frontline in Zimbabwe: Repression of Civil Society Organisations
- ACTSA – Building a Bridge to the Future
- Why Universal Basic Income can help restore women’s dignity in South Africa
- Zambia Civil Society Debt Alliance and Debt Justice Call for Private Creditors to Cut Debt Payment by 50%
- Right to Boycott: A Statement by Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)
- Zimbabwean diaspora community calls for international solidarity against repression
- Pan-Africanism: 60 years building African Unity
- ACTSA: the work continues with next generation changemakers
- Stephen Lawrence Day: Mandela and racism in the UK
- ACTSA’s Honorary Vice President, Lord Peter Hain calls for South Africans to “Rise up and Demand Change” in lecture to commemorate anti-apartheid activist Neil Aggett
- Frene Ginwala: lawyer, freedom fighter, political leader, stateswoman (1932-2023)
- Judith Bham – an appreciation
- COP27 | Where do we go from here?
- Eye Books raises funds with ACTSA: buy books and help our work…
- Calling on BlackRock to #CancelTheDebt | 21st Sep Day of Action
- Doing our duty
- Bishops demand cancellation of debts plunging Zambia further into poverty
- The Money Drain
- The Bob Hughes Memorial Bursary with ACTSA
- Support Zambian Civil Society to Cancel Their Unfair Debt Burden
- ACTSA tribute to Ambassador Lindiwe Mabuza RIP
- ACTSA supports South African civil society call for accountability in corruption cases
- ACTSA’s Statement on the Situation in South Africa
- ACTSA’s Statement on the Swaziland Pro-Democracy Protests, & Reported Human Rights Abuses
- Press Release from Hodge Jones and Allen: Leading anti-apartheid activists to accuse British police and security services of defending apartheid state
- ACTSA Statement on the Report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities in the UK
- ACTSA Statement on COVID-19 Vaccines and Vaccine Nationalism
- Will COVID Help Reveal The Unfair Economic System Keeping Africa Poor?
- Update on Impact of COVID-19 Crisis on ACTSA
- ACTSA open letter to SADC Finance Ministers published by Daily Maverick
- ACTSA & SHRNUK article on international solidarity for democracy in Swaziland
- ACTSA-SAPSN-SATUCC letter to World Bank
- ACTSA signs statement to tackle COVID-19 health and economic crisis
- Take Action: Make any COVID-19 vaccine affordable for all
- ACTSA statement on Coronavirus/COVID-19 crisis
- POSTPONEMENT OF ACTSA AGM & CONFERENCE
- ACTSA co-signs letter to UK government on LGBT+ rights
- ACTSA letter on Luanda Leaks published by The Guardian
- External Partner News: Bristol Link With Beira Calendar 2020 On Sale Now
- Frank Dobson: A Personal Tribute
- ACTSA Anniversary Event Cancelled
- Joint report by Jubilee Debt Campaign and ACTSA covered by The Guardian
- Swazi High Court rules married women equal under the law to their husbands
- ACTSA blog on ‘The Money Drain’ published by Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE)
- ACTSA’S 25th Anniversary Event, an interview with Graça Machel DBE HonFBA
- Where were you 50 years ago?
- ACTSA statement on Justice for Southern African Gold Mineworkers with Silicosis and Tuberculosis Campaign
- ACTSA opinion piece on ‘The Money Drain’ in the Daily Maverick
- SOUTHERN AFRICA LOSING US$30 BILLION ANNUALLY IN TRADE-RELATED ILLICT OUTFLOWS, EXTERNAL GOVERNMENT DEBT PAYMENTS
- New ACTSA Digital Fundraising Initiative
- Pledge your birthday!
- Leave ACTSA a legacy gift
- ACTSA signs STOPAIDS statement on the WHA Italian transparency resolution
- Freedom Day | 25 years of democracy in South Africa
- The Independent publishes ACTSA open letter on Cyclone Idai
- ACTSA Statement on Cyclone Idai
- ACTSA Statement on Harassment and Intimidation of Opposition Politicians and Civil Society Activists in Zimbabwe
- ACTSA and Swazi civil society write letter to Harriet Baldwin MP over recent comments on Swaziland
- ACTSA signs Guardian letter on post-Brexit trade deals with ISDS mechanisms
- Our open letter in The Guardian: Call for Zimbabwe to halt repression
- ACTSA article in Daily News Zimbabwe
- Denis Goldberg: a tribute
- ACTSA Statement on Zimbabwe
- Angola Monitor 2018, Issue 4 is available now
- Mendi Msimang
- ACTSA letter in Business Day
- Journalists acquitted in ruling judged ‘huge victory’ for freedom of speech in Angola
- ACTSA AGM & Conference 2018 – Zimbabwe: More of the same?
- Key Issues in Post-Election Zimbabwe
- Nelson Mandela: Inspiring a future generation across the world
- Don’t miss film screening – Life is Wonderful: Mandela’s Unsung Heroes
- The Nelson Mandela Centenary Exhibition is now open
- Mandela: The Legacy Debate – book your tickets now!
- Nelson Mandela Centenary Exhibition
- Fighting Apartheid in Islington – Free exhibition at the Islington Museum
- Hope for ordinary Angolans as former President’s son is charged with fraud and Lourenco’s crackdown on corruption continues
- ACTSA is recruiting a new director
- Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: 26 September 1936 – 2 April 2018
- Zuma to face trial on 16 charges
- 21st March: Anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre and Human Rights Day in South Africa
- International Women’s Day 2018: Untold stories, rural activism and the women putting women on the agenda
- ACTSA article on TUC website
- Cyril Ramaphosa announces new cabinet
- Morgan Tsvangirai remembered: brave, heroic, flawed
- South Africa: a new president
- Hugh Masekela 1939 – 2018: A great musician and great man
- Lord Hain alleges that UK based companies have aided and abetted money laundering, corruption and state capture in South Africa
- Angola to replace Kwanza to Dollar currency peg with exchange rate band
- Latest edition of the Angola Monitor available now
- Dos Santos family under fire in Angola’s big business: A new path for Angola?
- Cyril Ramaphosa elected the new president of the ANC
- ACTSA article on Swaziland in The South African
- Short video about Swaziland
- ACTSA Fundraising Dinner 2017 Thank you!
- TUC Aid appeal for Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe: Congress of Trade Unions Statement on current situation
- Stalwarts and Veterans of the ANC call on Zuma to resign immediately
- Joint Civil Society Statement on Zimbabwe
- UK banks may have been unwittingly involved in South African corruption
- Angola swears in first new president in 38 years
- The Future of Demining in Angola: Women Lead the Way
- STOPAIDS Policy Report states UK Funds for HIV/AIDS Falling
- Oliver Tambo Schools Competition
- Bell Pottinger campaign used potentially racial divisive material says independent review.
- Marikana: five years on
- South Africa: President Zuma survives eighth no-confidence vote
- Commitment to reducing inequality: Southern African Rankings
- ACTSA issues public statement on AngloGold Ashanti and Gold Mineworkers with Silicosis and Tuberculosis in South Africa
- South African visual activist Zanele Muholi debuts first solo show in London
- Two new sites in Southern Africa awarded World Heritage Status
- South Africa – looking ahead conference 2017
- Zambian opposition leader launches petitions against treason charge
- Joel Joffe, 12 May 1932-18 June 2017: An appreciation.
- Violence against LGBT+ Community in South Africa continues
- Swaziland the most unequal country in the world
- COSATU calls on President Zuma to resign
- South Africa: President Zuma reshuffles cabinet, sacks Minister of Finance and his deputy
- Ahmed Kathrada dies
- South Africa: Victims of the Sharpeville Massacre Remembered on Human Rights Day
- International Women’s Day: Message from the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions Womens Committee
- Compensation not Procrastination: Justice for Silicosis Sufferers
- EU marks President Mugabe’s 93rd birthday with renewed measures
- Angola: dos Santos stepping down but staying on as President of MPLA
- Angola has a long way to go on human rights
- Questioning the Sustainable Development Goals
- Category: Opinion
- Blog by ACTSA’s Vice-Chair on the 30th anniversary release of Nelson Mandela from prison
- Human rights in Tanzania: A steep descent
- The new debt crisis in Southern Africa
- Zimbabwe: Coup, Uphold Rights, Improve the economy
- Are the mining companies trying to escape on the cheap?
- Mandela Day 18 July
- International Women’s Day: Support the women of Southern Africa
- Improving Women’s Rights in Swaziland: the good, the bad, and the future
- Category: South Africa
- Category: Swaziland
- Category: Trade Inequality
- Category: UBI
- Category: Women’s Rights
- Category: Zambia
- Category: Zimbabwe
Events
- All Shall Be Afforded Dignity! Exhibition at Worldly Wicked & Wise, London
- Documentary screening Oxford: Free Nelson Mandela
- Anglo American’s accountability deficit: broken promises and a legacy of abandonment
- The scramble for green hydrogen in South Africa: screening and discussion
- Resisting the oppression of debt in Zambia: in conversation with Precious Kalombwana
- All Shall Be Afforded Dignity – York
- Mining and its impact on women: from GBV to economic violence
- REPORT LAUNCH - Toxic Legacies: Holding Multinational Giants Accountable for Historic Pollution
- What is international solidarity and how can we be part of it?
- Mozambique 50 years of independence - events all throughout the year
- All Shall Be Afforded Dignity – Bristol
- Protest outside Anglo American AGM in solidarity with communities in Zambia and elsewhere
- ACTSA Turns 30
- House of Lords event: does Anglo American need to be held accountable for lead pollution in Kabwe?
- From poisoned legacies to greenwashing the energy transition: Resisting Anglo American
- Book Launch 'In a Rain of Dust by David Kinley'
- All Shall Be Afforded Dignity - Oxford
- Upcoming Screenings of London Recruits
- All Shall Be Afforded Dignity - Manchester
- All Families Matter Report - Campaign is now live!
- Report launch - All Families Matter: Uncovering Injustice and Discrimination in the UK Visa and Immigration system
- Free the Avondale 78! Zimbabwe solidarity protest
- London Recruits - Liverpool Screening
- 30 Years of Liberation Art Exhibition - Camden
- Environmental racism and holding polluters to account: lead contamination in Kabwe
- Oliver Tambo's London Recruits: People's Release Premiere + Q&A
- Call on the Home Office to allow overseas care workers to care for their children
- 30 Years of Liberation Art Exhibition - Newcastle
- The Unlikely Secret Agent
- 30 Years of Liberation Art Exhibition - Norwich
Voices
- Athol Williams on apartheid and South Africa today
- The role of Anglo American in the devastating spread of TB and silicosis across Southern Africa
- "Children here are very forgetful, including my child" ~ Mary's story
- "We must stand united and say that this will not be tolerated" ~ comment on Zanu-PF extending presidential term in Zimbabwe
- The unseen war: How Northern bullying reshapes Southern realities and the women fighting back
- “I came to the UK as a carer in 2023 because I was assured that I could bring my children. But I’ve not seen them for almost two years.”
- “Legacies of colonialism remain stacked against social justice, but let’s show up anew in solidarity” – World Justice Day
- "We must protect the civil space": report from the Southern Defenders human rights summit
- SOLIDARITY IS KEY! Reflections on 11 years since Mandela's death