In February 1982 there was a combined protests, about the number of deaths of those detained in police custody and the death of Neil Agget, workers from three of the apartheid states principal seaports, have staged a 30 minuet strike. Thus the black stevedores, employed at Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and East London, stopped work. At the nations largest port Durban the General Workers Union spokesman D Lewis noted that the stoppage was little supported.
The opening remarks of Art Towards Social Development Exhibition were delivered by Thami Mnyele on 9 June 1982. He gave an idea of the structure of the exhibition; a collection of paintings, sculptures and photographs would be displayed. The second part will be a symposium/festival held on the 5 July to the 9 July 1982. He also mentioned that symposium/festival would be dealing with literature and performing arts such as music, film, theatre and dance. This exhibition is a step towards being hopeful and practical about creating an alternative for artists in South Africa. The main question posed at the exhibition is: how to cultural workers and artists partake in the struggle for national liberation and self determination?
A list of the various artists who produced and displayed work at the Art Toward Social Development Exhibition. It includes a list of the artists, photographers and poster makers and a brief background of these cultural workers.
Volume five number two magazine includes culture and resistance festival that took place in Gaborone, six stories by different writers, poetry by Frank Chipasula, Andries Oliphant. Photographs of various artists such as Hugh Masikela, Abdullah Ebrahim, Mongane Serote, photographers including Lesley Lawson, Peter Mckenzie and Paul Weinberg who later became members of 'AFRAPIX' which was focusing on social documentary photography.
