Sharpeville Day demonstration with crosses
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- 1988-03-21
Wits University, Sharpeville Day, demonstration where students put crosses into the grass and picketed.
Miller, Eric
Sharpeville Day demonstration with crosses
Wits University, Sharpeville Day, demonstration where students put crosses into the grass and picketed.
Miller, Eric
Setting fire to a barricade in Mitchell's Plain.
A school girl adds petrol to a barricade of tyres on fire in Mitchells' Plain.
Miller, Eric
Sandi Sijake on his release from Robben Island
Sandi Sijake, released from Robben Island, Arriving at Cape Town harbour after being sentenced in 1973 having served 15 years in prison.
Miller, Eric
Runners wearing T-shirts with slogan: "Mandela - freedom at 70"
A team of 5 runners left from near Pollsmoor prison at the start of a relay scheduled to end at a Gugulethu Sports Stadium as part of the Mandela 70th birthday celebrations. However the runners were arrested shortly before arriving in Wynberg. Police and military also sealed off the Stadium in Gugulethu and prohibited the sporting events which were due to take place there.
Miller, Eric
Rev. Jean-Francois Bill after his release
Rev. Jean-Francois Bill, a Swiss South African and Presbyterian clergyman, shortly after his release from nine months in detention. He was not charged, but has been served with severe restriction orders. Johannesburg, 27 March 1987.
Miller, Eric
Rev. Jean-Francois Bill and his family after his release
Rev. Jean-Francois Bill, a Swiss South African and Presbyterian Clergyman shortly after his release from nine months in detention. He was not charged, but has been served with severe restriction orders .Left to Right Denice (Daughter) Rev Jean-Francois Bill, Molly (wife)
Miller, Eric
Protesters hand in hand at a march in Cape Town
Protester sitting hand in hand during a protest march. A protester has the sign "Bread not Bullets"
Miller, Eric
Protesters hand in hand at a march in Cape Town
Mama Zihlangu and Andrew ‘Willie’ Hofmeyr at a service in support of 'ex-restrictees'. This was a Defiance Campaign against the apartheid state’s Emergency Regulations. As part of the Campaign, restricted people defied their restriction orders intentionally as an act of organised passive resistance.
Miller, Eric
Protesters building a barricade in Athlone
Masked protestors on Belgravia road in Athlone, building a barricade of tyres, pouring petrol over them and lighting them.
Miller, Eric
Priscilla Jana holding Albertina Sisulu Molefe
Lawyer Priscilla Jana holding Albertina Sisulu Molefe, Daughter of Popo Molefe, at a May Day meeting in Lenasia. Jana persuaded police to allow the meeting to be held, about 400 people attended the meeting despite a heavy police presence both in and outside the hall.
Miller, Eric