Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA AG3006-1-1.22-1.22.14-1.22.14.3-1.22.14.3.3
Title
Dawson, R and others
Date(s)
- 1981 - 1983 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
Extent9 files, 2 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
(1980-)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
On 4 June 1981 about 200 learners at Riverlea Secondary School were engaged in a protest against police brutality and the detention of student leader Aziz Jardine. Members of the South African Police Riot Squad surrounded the school. A child threw a stone at the police. The police responded by throwing teargas cannisters into the crowd and into the classrooms of learners not involved, charging them, setting dogs on them and assaulting them with sjamboks and batons. The LRC represented four of the minors assaulted. The court awarded damages of R200, R800 with two received R1600. Press clippings related to the incident are included. Also see 1.22.14.3.1. and 1.22.14.3.32.