- ZA AFRAPIX AP2-A-470
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- February 1987
Smit, Sandy
Smit, Sandy
Smit, Sandy
Young soldier at the Bathurst Show organised by Grahamstown Battalion
A young soldier stands with a gun in front of a wall with graffiti of a swastika above Botha's name. The Grahamstown Battalion celebrates 75th Anniversary SADF and the 25th Anniversary of the Grahamstown Battalion.
Hilton-Barber, Steve
Young right-wing supporter at the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Great Trek
Nunn, Cedric
Young man in UDF shirt at the launch
A young man in a UDF (United Democratic Front) t-shirt attends the launch of the UDF in Mitchells Plain.
Matthews, Jimi
Weinberg, Paul
Young conscripts report to the SADF to begin two year compulsory service
Weinberg, Paul
Young Christian Students South Africa (YCS), Records
The Afrapix photographers represented in this collection are Anna Zieminski, Eric Miller, and others unidentified.
The YCS was an international movement, which embraced Christian values of love, justice and peace. It was an ecumenical Christian student movement operating in parishes, schools, seminaries, universities and other higher education institutions. It had its origins in the Belgium Catholic Church at the beginning of the twentieth century.
The YCS was started in South Africa in 1959, initially as a parish for younger school goers who were members of the Young Christian Workers. The main aim of the YCS at this time was to ‘Christianise’ the schools and universities. From 1965, it also began to focus on high schools. Its activities were centred around get-togethers, rallies and groups who looked critically at youth culture and education. Actions focused on: charity, parish work, and challenging values at schools.
In the mid 1970’s the YCS became an independent non-racial movement in South Africa.
Young cadets on parade during the Huegenot 300 year celebrations
Weinberg, Paul
de Vlieg, Gille