David Webster, wearing a Detainees' Parents Support Committee (DPSC) T-shirt saying 'Release our people', prior to his speech to COSATU members at a gathering at COSATU House on National Detainees Day, 12 March 1987.
David Webster, wearing a Detainees' Parents Support Committee (DPSC) T-shirt, addressing gathering at COSATU House on National Detainees Day, 12 March 1987.
Walter Sisulu waves to the crowd on his arrival home after his release from detention as a political prisoner. He is accompanied by Albertina Sisulu and a supporter holds up a poster behind saying "Long live the ANC"
Lawyer Priscilla Jana holding Albertina Sisulu Molefe, Daughter of Popo Molefe, at a May Day meeting in Lenasia. Jana persuaded police to allow the meeting to be held, about 400 people attended the meeting despite a heavy police presence both in and outside the hall.
Police made thorough checks of mourners vehicles to prevent cameras being taken in to the funeral in Alexandra. Funerals were ways in which protest could take place.
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.