https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/ Understand the US blockade of Cuba, and do something about it from South Africa. en-za Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/learn/2026-crisis https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/learn/2026-crisis Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT In 2026 the US took steps to stop oil reaching Cuba and tightened sanctions. Blackouts and shortages grew. Cuba and the US blame different causes. https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/learn/how-it-affects-sa https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/learn/how-it-affects-sa Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT US rules can reach banks and firms outside the US. South Africa's government has raised this. We found no named South African bank or firm penalised. https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/learn/sa-and-cuba-in-60-seconds https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/learn/sa-and-cuba-in-60-seconds Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cuban troops in Angola, Cuban doctors and engineers in South Africa, and South Africa's call to end the US embargo of Cuba. https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/learn/south-africa-and-cuba https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/learn/south-africa-and-cuba Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cuban troops fought in Angola in 1987 and 1988. Since 1996 Cuba has trained South African doctors and sent doctors and engineers. https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/learn/the-debate https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/learn/the-debate Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The US government and the UN General Assembly disagree about the embargo of Cuba, its aims, its effects and its name. https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/learn/the-laws https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/learn/the-laws Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The US blockade of Cuba comes from many US laws, orders and Treasury rules made between 1961 and 2026. Some need Congress to change, others do not. https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/learn/un-votes https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/learn/un-votes Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Every year the UN votes on ending the US embargo of Cuba. In October 2026, 130 countries said yes. South Africa has voted yes. https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/learn/what-is-the-blockade https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/learn/what-is-the-blockade Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The US blockade of Cuba is a set of US laws and rules that limit trade, travel and money. Cuba, the UN and the US use different names for it. https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/act/write-dirco-sa-position https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/act/write-dirco-sa-position Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Two minutes. Email DIRCO and ask how the US embargo of Cuba affects South African companies and banks, and what the government's position is. https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/act/ask-your-mp-un-vote https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/act/ask-your-mp-un-vote Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Two minutes. Ask your MP to raise South Africa's UN position on the US embargo of Cuba with Parliament's international relations committee. https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/act/post-instagram-explainer-card https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/act/post-instagram-explainer-card Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT One minute. Save our plain-text summary card, post it to your story, and add a line of your own. https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/act/share-sa-and-cuba-in-60-seconds https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/act/share-sa-and-cuba-in-60-seconds Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT One minute. Send our short explainer to three people on WhatsApp, with a line from you. https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/act/letter-to-the-editor https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/act/letter-to-the-editor Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Two minutes. A letter of under 150 words for a South African newspaper, about the UN vote on the embargo. https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/act/write-us-embassy-pretoria https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/act/write-us-embassy-pretoria Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A short letter, as a South African, asking the US Embassy to explain how the Cuba embargo applies to South African companies and banks.