Tag Archives: Elections in South Africa

Marking South Africa House with ‘blood’ on election day 1987

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Gavin Brown

As South Africa celebrates twenty years since the end of apartheid, and prepares for tomorrow’s election, I want to remember a protest that responded to a very different South African election. On 6 May 1987, there was a white-only general … Continue reading →

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Metropolitan Police ban protests outside the South African Embassy

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Gavin Brown

On the evening of 6 May 1987, anti-apartheid activists from the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group’s Non-Stop Picket of the South African embassy should have been rallying to protest against the white-only elections that were taking place in South Africa … Continue reading →

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On this day in 1987: Jury refuse to convict anti-apartheid activists

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Gavin Brown

I’ve written previously about the fall-out from the paint-throwing direct action taken by three City of London Anti-Apartheid Group activists against the South African Embassy on 6 May 1987.  The Metropolitan Police used this action as an excuse to ban … Continue reading →

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Whose vote? Protesting whites-only elections, 1989

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Gavin Brown

The last racially segregated general election conducted under apartheid in South Africa took place on 6th September 1989.  The City of London Anti-Apartheid Group held a day of action to protest this racist election and to call for majority rule … Continue reading →

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