Friends of Namibia AGM and news roundup online 4 February 2023
The Friends of Namibia Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held online (using Zoom) on 4 February 2023 at 10:30am UK time (UTC/GMT). The meeting usually lasts between 1 and 2 hours, and includes a roundup of the activities and news of the member organizations, treasurers’ report, and election of the officers and Executive Committee team for the coming year.
The meeting will be held online using Zoom, please write to info@friendsofnamibia.org.uk in advance if you would like a link to join the meeting.
Friends of Namibia AGM 2021
16 January 2021 at 12pm UT/GMT
The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Namibia will be on 16 January 2021. It will be held using Zoom conferencing. To join the meeting, please sign up using the Contact Us page or email us info[at]friendsofnamibia[dot]org[dot]uk.
Webinar 30 Years of Namibian Independence – The lessons of solidarity and struggle
25 November 2020 at 7pm UTC/GMT
The challenge was huge when Namibian people stepped up their struggle for the liberation of their country from racist regime of South Africa. They took on a mighty army, brutal repression and international firms exploiting diamonds, uranium and other resources backed by Western governments. Theirs was a relatively unknown conflict overshadowed by the major struggle against apartheid in South Africa. Independence on 21 March 1990 is a tribute to all Namibians, young and old, women and men, who joined the struggle, often sacrificing their lives.
In Britain, a small group supported the Namibian people. Friends of Namibia organization evolved into the Namibia Support Committee (NSC), which campaigned against uranium exports, and other trade, mobilized British trades unions, campaigned for Namibian women, organized concerts and demonstrations, sent health kits, briefed journalists and lobbied politicians.
Thirty years on, we look back at the solidarity campaigns of the NSC and others. What worked best to support Namibians’ anti-racist, liberation struggle? What lessons can activists use today?
Speakers are the former Chairperson of the NSC and a Namibian activist who came to UK as a teenager for a speaking tour months after her release from gaol The conversation is moderated by the former coordinator of Church Action on Namibia. (Webinar audience watches and listens to the speakers and send in questions via live Q&A).
To register, click here
Hosted by Union Chapel Church
