Frederik Willem de Klerk was a South African politician who served as state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994 to 1996. As South Africa's last head of state from the era of white-minority rule,he and his government dismantled the apartheid system and introduced universal suffrage. Ideologically a social conservative and an economic liberal,he led the National Party (NP) from 1989 to 1997.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela,also known as Winnie Mandela,was a South African anti-apartheid activist and the second wife of Nelson Mandela. She served as a Member of Parliament from 1994 to 2003,and from 2009 until her death,and was a deputy minister of arts and culture from 1994 to 1996. A member of the African National Congress (ANC) political party,she served on the ANC's National Executive Committee and headed its Women's League. Madikizela-Mandela was known to her supporters as the "Mother of the Nation".
The National Party,also known as the Nationalist Party,was a political party in South Africa from 1914 to 1997,which was responsible for the implementation of apartheid rule. The party was an Afrikaner ethnic nationalist party,which initially promoted the interests of Afrikaners but later became a stalwart promoter and enactor of white supremacy,for which it is best known. It first became the governing party of the country in 1924. It merged with its rival,the SAP,during the Great Depression,and a splinter faction became the official opposition during World War II and returned to power. With the National Party governing South Africa from 4 June 1948 until 9 May 1994,the country for the bulk of this time was only a de jure or partial democracy,as from 1958 onwards non-white people were barred from voting. In 1990,it began to style itself as simply a South African civic nationalist party,and after the fall of apartheid in 1994,attempted to become a moderate conservative one. The party's reputation was damaged irreparably by perpetrating apartheid,and it rebranded itself as the New National Party in 1997 before eventually dissolving in 2005.
Anthony James Leon is a South African politician who served as leader of the opposition from 1999-2007 as leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA). He led the DA from its inception in 2000,until his retirement from leadership in 2007. Before that,he led the Democratic Party from 1994. He is the longest-serving leader of the official opposition in parliament since the advent of democracy in 1994. Although still a member of the DA,he served as the South African Ambassador to Argentina,Uruguay and Paraguay under the African National Congress government from 2009 to 2012.
Burma Campaign UK founded in 1991 is a London-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) that aims to achieve the restoration of basic human rights and democracy in Burma. BCUK campaigns on behalf of the Burmese pro-democracy movement and is the largest campaigning organisation for Burma in Europe.
Mosima Gabriel "Tokyo" Sexwale is a South African businessman,politician,anti-apartheid activist,and former political prisoner. For many years,Sexwale was imprisoned on Robben Island for his anti-apartheid activities,alongside figures such as Nelson Mandela. After the 1994 general election—the first fully democratic election in South Africa—Sexwale became the Premier of Gauteng Province.
The Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) was a British organisation that was at the centre of the international movement opposing the South African apartheid system and supporting South Africa's non-white population who were oppressed by the policies of apartheid. The AAM changed its name to ACTSA:Action for Southern Africa in 1994,when South Africa achieved majority rule through free and fair elections,in which all races could vote.
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute was a popular-music concert staged on 11 June 1988 at Wembley Stadium,London,and broadcast to 67 countries and an audience of 600 million. Marking the forthcoming 70th birthday of the imprisoned anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela,the concert was also referred to as Freedomfest,Free Nelson Mandela Concert and Mandela Day. In the United States,the Fox television network heavily censored the political aspects of the concert. The concert is considered a notable example of anti-apartheid music.
John Russell Carlisle was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for the Luton West constituency and later Luton North constituency in Bedfordshire. Carlisle was Public Affairs Director of the UK Tobacco Manufacturers' Association from 1997 until 2001,although he was a non-smoker.
Denis Theodore Goldberg was a South African social campaigner who was active in the struggle against apartheid. He was accused No. 3 in the Rivonia Trial,alongside the better-known Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu,where he was also the youngest of the defendants. He was imprisoned for 22 years,along with other key members of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. After his release in 1985 he continued to campaign against apartheid from his base in London with his family,until the apartheid system was fully abolished with the 1994 election. He returned to South Africa in 2002 and founded the non-profit Denis Goldberg Legacy Foundation Trust in 2015. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in July 2017,and died in Cape Town on 29 April 2020.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by fostering racial reconciliation. Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist,he served as the president of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997.
No Land! No House! No Vote! is the name of a campaign by a number of poor people's movements in South Africa that calls for the boycotting of the vote and a general rejection of party politics and vote banking. The name is meant to imply that if government does not deliver on issues important to affected communities these movements will not vote.
Ismail Ahmed Cachalia (1908-2003),popularly known as Moulvi,was a South African political activist and a leader of Transvaal Indian Congress and the African National Congress. He was one of the leaders of the Indian Passive Resistance Campaign of 1946 and the Defiance Campaign in 1952. The Government of India awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1977.
Ndileka Mandela is a social activist,former ICU nurse,and the head of a rural upliftment organisation the Thembekile Mandela Foundation in South Africa.
The Democrats and Veterans Direct Democracy Party (DVDDP) was a political party in the United Kingdom. The party was founded in 2018 by former UKIP member and Gulf War veteran Gavin Felton and other ex-servicemen of the British Armed Forces. John Rees-Evans,previously a UKIP leadership candidate,was announced as the first party leader,and Gavin Felton named as chairman.
Ndaba Thembekile Zweliyajika Mandela is an author,mentor,spokesperson,entrepreneur,political consultant,and the grandson of Nelson Mandela. He was born in Soweto,South Africa.
The Gay and Lesbian Organization of Witwatersrand (GLOW) was a non-governmental organization in South Africa that focused on gay and lesbian community issues.
Led By Donkeys is a British political campaign group established in December 2018 as an anti-Brexit group,but which has also criticised other actions of the Conservative government. After the 2024 election of a Labour government,it defined itself as an "accountability project" and stated that the Labour government was also fair game.
As a response to South Africa's apartheid policies,the international community adopted economic sanctions as a form of condemnation and pressure. Jamaica led the movement by being the first country to ban goods from apartheid South Africa in 1959.
The United Independent Movement (UIM) is a South African political party founded by Neil de Beer,former national security advisor to Nelson Mandela and a former uMkhonto we Sizwe operative.
