Albertina' Sisulu's birthday with Walter Sisulu & Desmond Tutu. Albertina gets to celebrate with Walter as he was released from prison earlier in the month.
On the morning of Saturday 21 October 1989, the women of Pietermaritzburg protested against police brutality and, in particular, the placing of razor wire around St Albans Cathedral in Pretoria on the 23rd of September. St Peter's Church was surrounded with protestors as part of this action.
Elias Motsoaledi shows his family the photo album he kept with him whilst in prison for 26 years. Left to right: Kokoi (son), Caroline (his wife) Leshoro (son), Soweto 17 October 1989.
Caroline Motsoaledi, the wife of Rivonia trialist Elias Motsoaledi, has her hair permed at 5pm on the 14th October prior to his release on 15 October 1989.
Several thousand people march in the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU) march against the Labour Relations Act (LRA) October 1989.