On 22 May Policemen carry the coffin at the funeral of fellow constable, 20 year old Weyers Botha, victim of a car bomb that exploded outside the Magistrates Court in downtown Johannesburg.
A service held in Soweto for Matola Raid victims. Uncertain whether raid of 1981 or 1983. On the podium signs with text "To gun down defenceless men women and children in their sleep is dastardly cowardice"
During the height of apartheid, security forces carried out a raid on ANC houses in Matola, Mozambique, where 16 South Africans and one Portuguese national were killed. Most of the victims were members of Umkhonto We Sizwe in 1981. In a SADF raid on Matola in 1983 at least 6 people died including 2 children and 26 people wounded.
Youths at a mass funeral in Port Elizabeth, display a poster. The End Conscription Campaign supports Philip Wilkinson Apartheid War Resistor, "I cannot serve in an apartheid army fighting fellow South Africans" ECC; protestor wearing release mandela t-shirt
Sign held up by priest at the funeral of Molly blackburn and Brian Bishop: "Molly Blackburn, South Africa has lost a Human to be proud of! A pioneer for peace. Rest in peace. "
The funeral of Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto and Sicelo Mhlauli. The "Cradock Four" who were killed and their bodies burnt by Security Branch.
Priest at the funeral of Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto and Sicelo Mhlauli. The "Cradock Four" who were killed and their bodies burnt by Security Branch. 1985
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.