Disinvest on Our Terms
SAHA T-shirt archive, photographed for Common, curated by Khanya Mashabela for Common, 6 May–26 July 2023. Image courtesy of A4 Arts Foundation.
Title
Disinvest on Our Terms
Date
1989
Type
Archival garment
Associated organisations
Chemical Workers' Industrial Union (CWIU)
Dimensions
67 x 148 cm
DISINVEST ON OUR TERMS (front)
EXPOSE CORPORATE CAMOUFLAGE (back)
Disinvestment from South Africa was first advocated in the 1960s, in protest against South Africa's system of apartheid, but was not implemented on a significant scale until the mid-1980s. In 1986, this campaign culminated in US federal legislation to boycott apartheid South Africa. The economic pressure that this legislation placed on SA is credited by some as being a large factor in dismantling the apartheid system.
