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

Wonderful to see the shortlist designs of the Nelson Mandela statue, to be unveiled next year from @mandelasmf.bsky.social 💚 It'll be a symbol of Glasgow's solidarity in standing with those oppressed in the heart of the city✊️ Come along to the City chambers until Friday 14th to see the shortlist 💚

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.

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.

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

🕊️ #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

🕊️ #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

Today on #MandelaDay we honour the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela.  It is a day to take time to reflect on Mandela's values and principles and commit to making a positive impact in our own communities.

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.

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.

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...

We are at the STUC Congress in the Caird Hall, Dundee, till Wednesday with our ACTSA Scotland and NMSMF stall. If you are attending Congress look by and see us in the exhibition hall.

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

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 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.

On 11 Feb 1990, Nelson Mandela walked out of prison, after 27 years. He had only narrowly avoided a death sentence but had been ready to accept this. To overturn apartheid South Africa many were prepared to give everything. This courage inspired ACTSA to be formed soon after Mandela became President

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

On 8th January 1912 the South African Native National Congress was founded to work for the rights of black South Africans. In 1923 it became the African National Congress. It was the main liberation movement in South Africa until the first free election in 1994, which made Nelson Mandela President.

A key part of our work is to fund and erect a statue of Mandela in Nelson Mandela Place in Glasgow, once the site of the Consulate of apartheid S. Africa, and the focus of much AAM protest.This will serve as a visual aid for ongoing educational work, already begun.See bit.ly/NMSMF bit.ly/WhenMandela