Unrest in Duduza Township after political funeral
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- 1985
Defiant funeral crowds in Duduza township ignore armed soldiers behind them on a Ratel.
Frederikse, Julie
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Unrest in Duduza Township after political funeral
Defiant funeral crowds in Duduza township ignore armed soldiers behind them on a Ratel.
Frederikse, Julie
Unrest in Duduza Township after political funeral
Young men throwing rocks at a security force vehicle after confrontations broke out following a mass political funeral in Duduza township.
Mendel, Gideon
Unrest in Duduza Township after political funeral
A man kicks away a tear gas canister fired by South African Riot policemen during rioting which broke out in Duduza township on 18 May 1985. People said the unrest was provoked by the police who fired tear gas at some of the thousands of people returning from the funeral of a young unrest victim. Later police fired rubber bullets to disperse groups of stonethrowers.
Mendel, Gideon
Unrest in Duduza Township after political funeral of child
Men flee police bullets during a conflict that erupted after the funeral of a young boy, shot by police the previous week.
Mendel, Gideon
Vehicles used by police to disperse crowds
Vehicles used by the South African police to disperse crowds. The large vehicle "Raatel" in the background has portholes in the roof from where the police shoot while pursuing a fleeing crowd. The smaller vehicle in the right foreground carries a sneeze machine capable of spreading tear gas over a large area.
Matthews, Jimi
Vigilantes attack "Comrades" at a funeral
Vigilantes attack suspected informants at the funeral of Chief Ampie Mayisa in Leandra Township.
Weinberg, Paul
Woman from Venda with malnourished child
A Woman from Venda weighing her malnourished child at an Alex clinic. .
Schwegmann, Wendy
Woman in one-roomed home in Alexandra
Woman in one-roomed home in Alexandra. The family moved from house in township to disused TB treatment centre to make way for houses (the new houses are rented at exorbitant prices the people cannot afford). This woman has made a cardboard partition in the room - shared by 4 families - to create privacy for her family.
Schwegmann, Wendy
Woman protests against troop occupation.
A woman stands in protest in front of military armoured vehicles "Raatel" full of soldiers in Soweto.
Weinberg, Paul
Woman standing next to her partially demolished house Alexandra
Dorothy stands in front of the part of her house which she had to demolish to make way for the new sewage in Alexandra township.
Schwegmann, Wendy