Part of the Large crowd that attended the SADF's 75th Anniversary parade in Cape Town on Monday 6th April 1987. The regiment of the Cape Town Highlanders is passing.
320 policemen, fully armed with guns, recruited in Cape Town's black townships, had their passing out parade in Cape Town after only six weeks in training. They will return to patrol the townships as part of the South African government's response to the growing militant resistance to the state's apartheid structures.
A woman helps a young boy hold a gun as part of the display at the "Magtefees" - military festival - in Cape Town . The festival was sponsored by Dairy Maid.
Policemen and sneeze machine capable of spreading teargas of large area. Policemen in centre armed with gun used to propel rubber bullets. Other policemen are wearing gas mask to protect themselves from tear gas.
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.
Political slogan graffiti on a wall in Rylands, " H. Osman can't speak to save his own arse. How can he save us? Boycott!!" Popular resentment towards a candidate for the Indian House of Parliament expressed in graffiti. Mr Osman received so few votes in the August 1984 elections he lost his election deposit.