Dear friends,
People power in South Africa – mass nonviolent direct action –
helped end the scourge of apartheid and vicious, politically-sanctioned racism.
Today, twenty years since our first democratic elections, South Africa still faces many problems - including street violence, small arms, xenophobia, economic injustice – and opposition to these ills are mounting, with civil society again using creative, unarmed methods. Throughout the continent, we see increasing militarism too often supported by powerful politicians, and this year’s South African elections suggest that people all over are tired of business as usual.
It is in this context that we are welcoming War Resisters' International to Cape Town, for the first ever WRI International Conference in Africa.
We'd like your help to make this possible.
