"Dr Ivan Thomas joins with the crowd of 5000 people in singing the national anthem at a meeting in Cape Town City Hall tonight (07/10/85). The meeting was called to join Thomas in the breaking of his 21 Day fast as part of the End Conscription Campaign commemoration of the first anniversary of troops entering South Africa's black townships."
F. van Zyl Slabbert speaks at the launch of the UDF's "call to the whites" campaign. City Hall , Johannesburg- April 1986. Left to right: Beyers Naude, Van Zyl Slabbert and Zach Yacoob.
"Free the children" service in protest against the detention of children held in Cape Town. Fariedah Omar and Margaret Nash stand with their fists raised in solidarity.
Crossroads residents bury six-month-old Amanda Fanisa, asphyxiated by tear gas fired during police action in Crossroads, Cape Town. The South African security forces used tear gas as a standard means of "crowd control". Tear gas can be lethal, and it is especially dangerous when inhaled by young children.