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Nelson Mandela and the Commonwealth

by commonwealth-oral-history-project | Dec 12, 2013 | Apartheid, Blog, Human Rights, United Kingdom

By Dr. Sue Onslow, Senior Research Fellow, ICwS In the cascade of tributes to Nelson Mandela following his death last Thursday, personal friends, liberation fighters in the struggle, fellow politicians and commentators have addressed Mandela’s complex personality and...

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Negotiating Concept

The 'Negotiating Concept' document was a proposal presented by the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group in 1986, suggesting that the South African government release political prisoners and lift bans on anti-apartheid political organisations, and that anti-apartheid groups should suspend the use of violence and enter negotiations with the government.

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela (b. 1918). South African anti-apartheid campaigner and politician, served as South Africa’s first post-apartheid President (1994-1999).

Commonwealth Secretariat

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Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group. Established by Commonwealth Heads of Government in 1995, the CMAG upholds the terms of the Harare Declaration.

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Apartheid

A system of legally enforced racial segregation implemented and upheld by the National Party in South Africa from 1948 – 1994

ANC

African National Congress. A South African political party, founded in 1912, that opposed apartheid and has been South Africa’s governing party since 1994.

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Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)

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Mrs Thatcher (Margaret Thatcher)

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Nelson Mandela and the Commonwealth

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