Nelson Mandela and Joe Slovo meet in Cape Town

Dr Anton Eberhardt, who [with] 800 others have signed the conscientious objector register refusing to serve in the SADF. Eberhardt was sentenced to 12 months in jail in 1977 for refusing to serve and faces another 18 Months. Cape Town South Africa, 21 September 1989.

Black Sash picket in Cape Town on Soweto Day, 16 June 89, about the education struggle continuing.

About 2000 people participated in an 'Open City' walk to indicate their opposition to the Group Areas Act which reserves certain residential areas for different race groups. This participant, with a banner saying "it's my country I will live where I choose to!!", was instructed not to hold his banner because the police had forbidden the display of any banners and posters. He tied the poster to his back so was not 'holding' it.

David Kramer performing to a large crowd at the 'Open City' march held in Cape Town. 2,000 people walked from Rondebosch Common to District Six in support of an 'open city' . June 1989.

Protester sitting hand in hand during a protest march. A protester has the sign "Bread not Bullets"

Protestors holding posters in a march to protest against the Labour Relations Act (LRA) in Cape Town.

A group of strikers demonstrating against detention and for hunger strikers not to be moved, but released, holding placards being ticketed by police officers.

Teacher, Colin Cairncross (22) , is hoisted shoulder high by jubilant supporters after being given a 5 year suspended prison sentence for aiding the outlawed African National Congress (ANC). Ten other men were jailed for a total of 83 years for their involvement in guerilla attacks in the Western Cape.

143 men in various cities around South Africa made simultaneous declarations to refuse to serve in the South African Defence Force (SADF). Here Andre Zaaiman, a former infantry captain and combat veteran, explains his reasons at a press conference held by the Cape Town Group EDICESA (Ecumenical Documentation and Information Centre for Eastern and Southern Africa). Behind him is a banner which states: "We won't fight in the SADF " Cape Town, 3 August 1988.