Identity area
Reference code
ZA AFRAPIX AP5-19-19.1-19.1.25
Title
AWB members attacking "Coloured" picnickers in Boksburg
Date(s)
- 1989-12-09 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 photograph, b/w
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
(1982-1992)
Administrative history
Afrapix was a collective agency of amateur and professional photographers who documented Apartheid South Africa through their photographs in the 1980s. At its height there were 20 members, and up to 60 "stringers" which had an affiliation and would do projects for Afrapix.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY ARCHIVE (SAHA)
AL2547 - The Original SAHA Photograph Collection
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Clash between right-wing Afrikaanse Weerstand Beweging (AWB) and a group of coloured picnickers at Boksburg Lake in December 1989.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Photographer: © Graeme Williams.
Permission to use the photograph for publication has to be obtained from the photographer / AFRAPIX.