Defiance Campaign peace march. Approximately 30,000 Capetonians marched in support of peace and the end of apartheid laws. The march was lead by religious and political leaders.
Gary Gordan, a 17 year old school boy, injured when police used shotguns on pupils at cedars High, Mitchells Plain, after a school demonstration. Three children were hit by bullets. Friday 25/8" 1989
Manenberg school children, flee after tear gas was used to disperse them. They had been leaving a school after police barred them from holding a rally.
About 2000 people participated in an 'Open City' walk to indicate their opposition to the Group Areas Act which reserves certain residential areas for different race groups. This participant, with a banner saying "it's my country I will live where I choose to!!", was instructed not to hold his banner because the police had forbidden the display of any banners and posters. He tied the poster to his back so was not 'holding' it.
A multi-racial 'Swim-in' was organised by the Democratic Party (DP) at a swimming pool in central Johannesburg as part of a campaign to defy apartheid laws in the city. In terms of the Group Areas Act, difference races are forced to use different amenities.
Right-wingers, holding an AWB flag, attempt to prevent a non-racial 'Swim-in' organised by the Democratic Party, at the Hillbrow Swimming pool. Johannesburg, June 1989.