Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)
@ACTSA_UK
Working in solidarity with southern Africa civil society to shift power and undo the legacies of colonialism and apartheid. Formerly the Anti-Apartheid Movement
🇸🇿 Ask your MP to support @KimJohnsonMP's EDM on #Eswatini #Swaziland- recognising widespread human rights abuses, the erosion of democratic, trade union and civil rights, and calling on the UK to support the calls for justice and dialogue. Template here: shorturl.at/0RaAu

“Eswatini is not a dumping ground for powerful states to send unwanted individuals and every person’s human rights must be respected” ACTSA backs the calls by #Swaziland and regional civil society about US deportation of criminals to the country actsa.org/statement-on-u…
“Africa’s mining sector still suffers from colonial legacies,” says Dr Claude Kabemba in his @AlJazeera interview. This month’s SARW newsletter explores Zambia’s new critical minerals and copper production strategies, amplifies youth voices shaping mining governance, and…
Disappointing to see that women's health in Africa and water sanitation (which also affects women and girls more) will face the biggest UK aid cuts. Women and girls are already poorer and lack access to education, health, transport, opportunities and more. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Congratulations, this is great news.
ACTSA is delighted to announce our new Honorary President: Dame @ChiOnwurah Chi Onwurah is Labour MP for Newcastle Central and West and brings decades of leadership in international solidarity and a strong vision for a fairer world. More info: shorturl.at/3lNWR
ACTSA is delighted to announce our new Honorary President: Dame @ChiOnwurah Chi Onwurah is Labour MP for Newcastle Central and West and brings decades of leadership in international solidarity and a strong vision for a fairer world. More info: shorturl.at/3lNWR
Such a great honour to take up this role, for an organisation which such an amazing history, and following in the footsteps of the wonderful and much missed Lord Bob Hughes.
ACTSA is delighted to announce our new Honorary President: Dame @ChiOnwurah Chi Onwurah is Labour MP for Newcastle Central and West and brings decades of leadership in international solidarity and a strong vision for a fairer world. More info: shorturl.at/3lNWR
Vanilla farmers in Madagascar, one of the world's poorest countries, are hard hit by aid cuts & devastating cyclones With Donald Trump's 47% tariff on it about to come in, the international community and UK must make trade fairer and tackle climate crisis independent.co.uk/climate-change…
Celebrating the recognition of ACTSA Voice Ayanda Mhlongo's work, examining inherited trauma in South Africa and the gender lens she brings to our work with civil society in the region. We're honoured to have her insight and energy in ACTSA’s future. news24.com/specialreports…
🚨5 minute action🚨 Ask your MP to support the EDM on #Eswatini #Swaziland human rights abuses, erosion of democratic, trade union and civil rights and urging the UK to step up. Quote this tweet and tag your MP. Then email them using this template: shorturl.at/0RaAu

Dr Naledi Pandor: Mandela was a troublemaker. The kind of good troublemaker that we need more of in the world today and the kind that we will continue to need well into the future. The kind of troublemaker that some people did not always love because he pushed for a kind of…
Happy #InternationalNelsonMandelaDay! Thanks to everyone who joined our linoprint workshop in Oxford in front of Norman Kaplan's beautiful South African prints of people power and resistance to racism and colonialism. A luta continua. #NelsonMandela

In Kabwe, Zambia, thousands of children and mothers are affected daily by the lead pollution left by a British mining company. On #WorldInternationalJusticeDay, we stand with the Kabwe community's struggle for justice and accountability against this devastating colonial legacy.

Join us tomorrow in Oxford! #Linoprint #Artivism #NelsonMandelaDay
Free linoprinting workshop next Friday 18 July for #NelsonMandelaDay. Join us 1-3pm at Cowley Library, Temple Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 2EZ.
Follow us on social media for real-time updates, community stories, and ways to get involved in the fight for justice in mining-affected areas. ✊🏾 Be part of the movement. Your voice matters! #MACUAWAMUA #YAMUA
@_Chris_Coghlan please support this EDM. Thanks
🇸🇿 Ask your MP to support @KimJohnsonMP's EDM on #Eswatini #Swaziland- recognising widespread human rights abuses, the erosion of democratic, trade union and civil rights, and calling on the UK to support the calls for justice and dialogue. Template here: shorturl.at/0RaAu