Helen Joseph & Frances Baard greet each other on the day of the mass march in Cape Town. They led the women's march on the Union Buildings in Pretoria in the 50s.
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.
Mass Democratic Movement (MDM) organised a Freedom March in Durban. The March began with an interfaith service and ended with a mass rally outside the Durban City Hall. It is estimated that a crowd of 20000 were waving banners and posters in order to call for the end of a state of emergency.
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.
Part of the delegation, Father Isaac Josephs hands over a list of demands, under an ANC flag, to the police after 10000 residents marched in Oudtshoorn.
Clergy leading a peace march to John Vorster Square as part of the Mass Democratic Movement (MDM). Second from left: Bishop Peter Storey, 3rd from left: Rev. Frank Chikane)