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Today in Kimberley's History 
March 10th

​Something happened today in Kimberley's history, but we don't know about it yet...

Anti Apartheid Movement hands over a memorandum to Verwoerd's private secretary about Apartheid policies - 1961 
On 10 March 1961, members of the Anti Apartheid Movement (AAM) ended their 72 - hour vigil outside Lancaster house in London.

​The demonstrators marched through the streets to the Dorchester Hotel to hand over a memorandum to Verwoerd's private secretary Mr. J.F. Barnard. The memorandum was passed to Barnard at the hotel entrance by Michael Steward, Dr. Yusuf Dadoo, former president of the South African Indian Congress and J. Kozonguisi of the South African United Front.

In the early 1960s the AAM took the radical step of moving from an individual boycott of South African goods to calling for UN economic sanctions and the total isolation of South Africa. As such, it was one of Britain's most triumphant international solidarity movements. Based on empathy, commitment and anger at injustices, it changed the world for the better for all human beings. 
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