Ford was accused of providing military vehicles for South African security forces and sharing information about anti-apartheid and union activists. But the US Supreme Court significantly narrowed the reach of that law in 2013, leading US District Judge Shira Scheindlin in 2014 to dismiss the South African plaintiffs' case. The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by a group of black South Africans seeking to revive human rights litigation aiming to hold Ford Motor Co and IBM Corp liable for allegedly conducting business that helped perpetuate racial apartheid. IBM was accused of providing technology and training to perpetuate racial separation and the "denationalisation" of black South Africans. Apartheid ended in 1994 when South Africa held its first all-race elections, bringing Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress to power.

Source: The Star June 20, 2016 13:41 UTC