Pic8102. ‘Release Oscar Mpetha!’

Pic8102. ‘Release Oscar Mpetha!’

British trade unionists protested outside South Africa House in London on the first day of the trial of veteran South African trade unionist Oscar Mpetha on 3 March 1981. After a long trial Mpetha was sentenced to five years imprisonment. He was released in 1989 soon after his 80th birthday. Left to right: General Secretaries Jack Boddy from the Agricultural Workers Union, Alan Sapper from the film technicians union ACTT and Stan Pemberton, President of the Transport and General Workers Union.

Category: 1980s
Copyright: Nick Oates/IFL
Holding Institution: AAM Archive, Bodleian Library
Catalogue: MSS AAM 2409
Date/Year: 1981