| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews, periodicals, newspaper cuttings, leaflets, newsletters, annual reports and funding requests relating to various projects in South Africa. Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust, Barrow Cadbury Fund Ltd. Applicant overview: This file contains a number of applications from organisations and individuals operating in South Africa. The Institute for Democratic Alternatives in South Africa (IDASA) was established to promote non-racial democracy and bring about an end to the apartheid system in South Africa. Adelaide Tambo was a prominent exiled opponent of the apartheid regime in South Africa. Anthony Wilson describes her as the 'mother figure' of the nation with close links to the African National Congress. Her husband, Oliver Tambo was President of the ANC. The Zimbabwe Institute on Southern Africa (ZISA) was established by the Cold Comfort Farm Trust (CCFT) in 1988. It is an independent institution operating within the framework of the policy of the Zimbabwean Government concerning South Africa. Nature of support: In 1987 the Trust approved a grant of £1500 to be paid in three annual instalments of £500 to the CCFT. In 1988 the Trust approved a third annual grant to IDASA. In 1989 the Fund approved an immediate grant of £17,000 to Tambo with a further £10,000 allocated for the following year. Several personal grants were also made, primarily towards education and travel expenses. Minutes: B&GSCT 6661, B&GSCT 6831, B&GSCT 6995, B&GSCT 7084, BCF 3073. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File numbered '2/4/1'. |