Divestment as a Weapon: The Economic Campaign that Sank Apartheid

Table of Contents Introduction: Turning Off the Money Tap While the sports boycott struck at the heart of white South Africa’s cultural identity, another, arguably more potent, form of international pressure was targeting its wallet. The divestment movement was a strategic, global campaign to economically isolate the apartheid regime by pressuring institutions to withdraw their … Continue reading Divestment as a Weapon: The Economic Campaign that Sank Apartheid