Under his chairmanship the Anti-Apartheid Movement campaigned against the Thatcher government ’s refusal to impose sanctions against South Africa in the 1980s and organised the 1988 ‘ Free Mandela ’ concert at Wembley Stadium which was televised by the BBC and broadcast around the world . Hughes attended the independence celebrations in Namibia in 1990 and acted as an observer at South Africa ’s first democratic elections in April 1994 . After the dissolution of the AAM he became the first Chairperson of its successor organisation , Action for Southern Africa ( ACTSA )
‘ Free Mandela ’ concert
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside