Sculptor Alan B Herriot selected to create the statue of Nelson Mandela in Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow. A public consultation on 5 shortlisted designs led to much interest and over 500 detailed responses. Target date 9 Oct.2026. See mandelascottishmemorial.org/nelson-mande... Donations welcome too

A short video of a walk round the Mandela maquettes in Glasgow at mandelascottishmemorial.org/whats-new-se... gives a good view and brief account of each of the five works. The full online display and comment form is at bit.ly/NMstatuesurvey Display live in City Chambers till Fri. 14th Nov. 4pm

Whether online or in person, please complete the survey and so have your views considered in the final choice of sculptor and design for what will be an iconic monument to celebrate Nelson Mandela and his links with Scotland - a statue in Glasgow's Nelson Mandela Place. We are spoilt for choice.

Mandela Statue consultation begins! The display online of photos/videos of the 5 maquettes will go live at 11am on Fri.7th Nov. at bit.ly/NMstatuesurvey The actual stunning scale models will be on display in Glasgow City Chambers every day Mon 10-Fri 14 Nov. for anyone to look and leave comments.

Mandela statue public consultation.Maquettes of designs from 5 sculptors competing to create the Nelson Mandela statue planned for Mandela Place,Glasgow, will be on public view in Glasgow City Chambers (George Square) between 7th & 14th Nov. Book your visit at bit.ly/Mandelaconsult & give your views

Poet and ANC activist Benjamin Moloise was hanged 40 years ago today 18th Oct. for a murder he did not commit. A picket of the S.African consulate in Glasgow called for his reprieve as did the UN, USA and USSR. Glasgow Council had just agreed to rename the consulate address Nelson Mandela Place.

The legacy of the apartheid era still lives on in the suffering of asbestos victims.We were privileged in Scotland to host four S. African asbestos campaigners in 2000, introducing them to campaigners here for those poisoned from installing the asbestos that had damaged the S. Africans who mined it.

This meeting in London of our sister organisation ACTSA UK may not be handy for our own Scottish mailing list, but the background explanation at the link shown is informative in itself, and the report being launched is important as we approach a vital court hearing early next month.

On 9th Oct.1993 Nelson Mandela came to Glasgow to accept the Freedom of Glasgow and 8 other councils. We hope the same date in 2026 will see the unveiling of his statue in Mandela Place. Maquettes by the 5 shortlisted sculptors will be on show next month. Bookings link soon here & at bit.ly/NMSMF

We were pleased to commission this resource, and are glad it's being used in schools in Scotland and is available across the world. The response from teachers and students has been very positive.

23-09-1990 saw the opening day and launch concert of the Sechaba International Conference and Festival of Cultural Resistance to Apartheid in Glasgow by the Scottish Anti-Apartheid Movement,STUC and ANC with Govan Mbeki as keynote speaker and a two-week programme of cultural events of all kinds.

🔈Anglo American recently announced a merger with Canadian company Teck Resources ACTSA director Tricia Sibbons was on SAFM earlier this week highlighting its mining legacies across Southern Africa, from the lead pollution in Kabwe to the half million ex goldminers who contracted TB and silicosis...

When will #AngloAmerican keep its promise that where it has “contributed to adverse human rights impacts we will contribute to their remediation”? Lead poisoning from the mining waste it left behind in #Kabwe, Zambia, continues to affect children with lifechanging health issues. #JusticeForKabwe

Steve Biko's murder was 48 years ago today.

ACTSA UK worked hard on building support and awareness around the lengthy court case that led to this compensation scheme, and ACTSA Scotland assisted in that process. It's desperately disappointing that justice for suffering and dying ex-miners is still being thwarted.

Five great sculptors are shortlisted for creating a tribute to Nelson Mandela in Mandela Place, Glasgow. Paul Ferriter, Hector Guest, Alan Herriot, Kenny Hunter and David Mitchell will create maquettes for a public consultation in November. See bit.ly/NMSMF for more info. Donations welcome there too

🕊️ #OTD 20 Aug we honour Dulcie September (1935–1988) -teacher, activist, ANC rep in Europe. Jailed, tortured, exiled, she exposed apartheid’s crimes. Assassinated in Paris, her killers were never tried. More antiapartheidlegacy.org.uk/ega-school-h... #art #EGAschool student Sophia #antiapartheid

🕊️ #Onthisday 1982, Ruth First - journalist, activist & fearless truth-teller - was assassinated by apartheid agents in Mozambique. Her story lives on, her likeness captured in a student portrait for the Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre. More in Blog. ✊🏽 #RuthFirst #OTD #WomensMonth #art #antiapartheid

🇸🇿 Ask your MP to support @kimjohnsonmp.bsky.social'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

On 26th June 1955 3000 people from all over South Africa gathered to discuss and adopt the Freedom Charter, the manifesto and "great beacon" for the liberation struggle. Read Brian Filling on the massive consultation, radical content and lasting importance of the Charter bit.ly/FreedomChart...

We remember the Soweto children shot down by police on 16June1976 at a mammoth peaceful protest, and the 1000 others killed in the resulting year-long uprising. It mobilised a generation. On the 10th anniversary in 1986 the Glasgow home of the apartheid Consulate was renamed Nelson Mandela Place.

Jim Kerr sang "Mandela Day", and the 25 Nelson Mandela Freedom Marchers were sent off on their walk to London.

On 12th June 1988 30,000 people marched through Glasgow with the Anti-Apartheid Movement and rallied on Glasgow Green to call for the release of Nelson Mandela for his 70th birthday. Oliver Tambo, Trevor Huddleston, Alan Boesak, Andimba Toivo ja Toivo, Abdul Minty and others addressed the crowd.

Link to some background material circulated by our sister organisation ACTSA UK, on the scandalous behaviour of Anglo-American in Zambia, on which ACTSA has been campaigning vigorously.

“Instead of attempting to continually shift blame and misconstrue the motivations of their legal team, the claimants believe that #AngloAmerican should take responsibility for the alleged consequences of its historic actions” Absolutely - this is a legacy issue www.miningmx.com/news/base-me...

On 10th May 1994 Nelson Mandela was sworn in as President of South Africa, and could take on the fresh and enormous challenge of starting to build the new society for which he and so many others had struggled and suffered over many decades. We salute his memory and his inspiration for us all.

Visit our NMSMF and @actsascotland.bsky.social stall of Southern African crafts + info. on the Mandela statue competition, at the Scottish International Development Alliance multicultural festival in Paisley this Sat. 10th May Tannahill Centre PA3 1NT 10.30am-4pm intdevalliance.scot/events/unity...

On this anniversary of South Africa's first fully free and non-racial election, for which Nelson Mandela and so many sacrificed so much to achieve, we are pleased to announce the opening of our competition for a sculptor for a permanent memorial to Mandela in Glasgow. See bit.ly/statuecomp

Very concerning situation in Zambia as the long-term impact of an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine that contaminated a major river looks like it will potentially affect millions of people Action urgently needed to hold companies accountable for remediation www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Today is a momentous day in Southern African history, marking South Africa's 1960 Sharville Massacre and Namibian Independence in 1990 🇿🇦 🇳🇦 History is made again today as Namibia inaugurates its first woman President - who joins just a handful of female heads of state in the continent's history.

We mark 65 years today since the dreadful massacre at Sharpeville by apartheid police. Now SA Human Rights Day and UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Working for human rights is a never ending duty. bit.ly/NMSMF bit.ly/3a8HA9l x.com/TamboFoundat...

65 years ago today the massacre by apartheid police of 69 peaceful protestors at Sharpeville shocked the world and transformed the anti-apartheid struggle in S. Africa and abroad. Now International Day against racial discrimination. bit.ly/3a8HA9l bit.ly/NMSMF x.com/mandelasmf/s...

Condolences on the sad death of Sam Nujoma who fought for Namibia's freedom from apartheid S. African occupation, and then was first President of free Namibia. Brian Filling was Chair of Anti-Apartheid in Scotland, which campaigned on Namibia for many years and hosted the 1987 visit.

The Anti-Apartheid Movement Scottish Committee was proud to host Sam Nujoma on a visit to Scotland in 1987, with packed rallies in Glasgow and Edinburgh, a conference of the leaders of major Scottish organisations, and local authority receptions. We mourn his death.

11th. Feb. is 35 years since Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in prison for defying apartheid, a decisive step towards the first free election in 1994. In Glasgow the crowd that gathered in Nelson Mandela Place to celebrate grew so large that the street was closed. See bit.ly/NM11-2-90

This week, we and Women of Zimbabwe launched our report 'All Families Matter: Uncovering Injustice and Discrimination in the UK Visa and Immigration system' Thousands of single mothers who came to the UK to be health & care workers were denied their children, despite having the right to bring them

More than two years on from Thulani Maseko killing – let's keep Swaziland’s struggle for democracy on our agenda Human rights have kept deteriorating in 2024 with continued repression of civil society Sign Southern Defenders’s call for an independent investigation: www.change.org/p/justicefor...

"Anglo American has shown no moral responsibility" As #MiningIndaba starts in Cape Town we have published Anglo American's reply to our Open Letter about lead pollution mostly affecting children in Kabwe, Zambia - and a response from ACTSA, @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social and RAID shorturl.at/NDglE

The same is happening today in #Kabwe, in Zambia. Generations of children there have levels of lead in their blood far higher than the estimate for children in the Roman Empire. Why? Lead pollution by Anglo American that was never cleaned up. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...