Identity area
Reference code
ZA COM MR-AAO-296
Title
Southampton Anti-Apartheid Group
Date(s)
- c mid-1970s - unknown (Accumulation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
Please contact the Southampton Archives Office for details on the collection.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The Southampton Anti-apartheid Group is perhaps best remembered for delivering a giant Barclays cheque to the local Barclays branch on 4 April 1979. The cheque was made payable ‘for bribery and corruption by the South African Government’ and signed ‘Connie Muldergate’. South African Information Minister Connie Mulder was forced to resign because he established a government slush fund to promote South Africa’s image overseas. SAAG was also involved in the boycott of South African imports, as well as the Shell and BP boycott organised by the national AAM in 1981.