Badge - Free Moses Mayekiso
Object
Badge
Production date
1986-1989
Object number
2024.29
Physical Description
Circular badge with a yellow background and yellow and black text reading 'Free Moses Mayekiso'. The image depicts a close portrait of the South African union leader and activist.
Object history
Moses Mayekiso was general Secretary member of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and an executive member of the Congress of South African Trade Unions. Mayekiso became a leading spokesman for the view that black workers should take the lead in the anti-apartheid struggle and in the future of South African society. In 1987 he along four others were arrested for high treason. Strikes in South Africa called for their release, alongside an international campaign to force the South African government to set Mayekiso free.
Associated Event
Associated Place
South Africa (Place)
Material
Metal
Plastics
Dimension
Diameter (Front): 38mm
On display?
No
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