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Mike Terry was the Executive Secretary of the Anti-Apartheid Movement from 1975 until it was dissolved after the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa in 1994.

This is a complete transcript of an interview carried out in 2000 by Håkan Thörn.

Ethel de Keyser worked full-time for the Anti-Apartheid Movement from 1965 to 1974 and was appointed as its Executive Secretary in 1967. She continued to serve on the AAM Executive Committee until the mid-1980s. She later became the Director of the British Defence and Aid Fund and set up the Canon Collins Educational Trust for Southern Africa.

This is a complete transcript of an interview carried out by Håkan Thörn in 2000.

Vella Pillay was a founder member of the Anti-Apartheid Movement and served on its Executive Committee until it was dissolved after the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa in 1994.

In this clip Vella Pillay describes the tactics the Anti-Apartheid Movement used to set up a financial boycott of South Africa.

Vella Pillay was a founder member of the Anti-Apartheid Movement and served on its Executive Committee until it was dissolved after the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa in 1994.

In this clip Vella Pillay describes the tactics the Anti-Apartheid Movement used to stop bank loans tp South Africa.

Segregated facilities at Cape Town railway station in the 1950s.

Pretoria Parks Department notice saying Africans are not allowed to use the park unless they are looking after white children.

Black nannies sit on the grass looking after white children because the park bench is for whites only.

Playing chess in a ‘European only’ seating area.