During the Apartheid years, many anti-apartheid activists went into hiding or into exile to neighbouring African countries, including Zambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.
Countries such as Mozambique and Angola were suspected The South African Defence Force (SADF) would regularly carry out cross-border raids to prevent other countries from supporting South Africa’s liberation movement.
In reaction to such raids, people would protest the militarisation of the South African government and the apartheid regime. They would also call for the release of Mandela, equal rights for all and liberation from oppression.
Pictured is a woman carrying a sign that reads: “Release Mandela”.
“When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.” ~ Nelson Mandela
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