Unrest in Duduza Township after political funeral
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- c1985
Young men throwing rocks at a security force vehicle after confrontations broke out following a mass political funeral in Duduza township.
Mendel, Gideon
Unrest in Duduza Township after political funeral
Young men throwing rocks at a security force vehicle after confrontations broke out following a mass political funeral in Duduza township.
Mendel, Gideon
Scene from a play about the military performed at Wits, as part of the ECC Peace Festival.
A performance of a short play by students using fake cardboard guns about the military. It was performed at the End Conscription Campaign conference held at Wits University in July 1985.
Mendel, Gideon
Unrest in Duduza Township after political funeral
A man kicks away a tear gas canister fired by South African Riot policemen during rioting which broke out in Duduza township on 18 May 1985. People said the unrest was provoked by the police who fired tear gas at some of the thousands of people returning from the funeral of a young unrest victim. Later police fired rubber bullets to disperse groups of stonethrowers.
Mendel, Gideon
Archbishop Tutu addressing a crowd at a funeral for the Langa Massacre at Uitenhage
Archbishop Desmond Tutu addresses mourners at a mass funeral for victims of the Langa Massacre in Uitenhage At least 20 people were reported to have been killed. The massacre was on a Sharpeville commemoration day. Picture shows Black Sash members on podium with Tutu. April 1985.
Mendel, Gideon
Funeral for Amanda Fanisa, a 6 month old baby who was killed by teargas
Crossroads residents bury six-month-old Amanda Fanisa, asphyxiated by tear gas fired during police action in Crossroads, Cape Town. The South African security forces used tear gas as a standard means of "crowd control". Tear gas can be lethal, and it is especially dangerous when inhaled by young children.
Mendel, Gideon
End Conscription Campaign peace rally in Johannesburg
A group of people with fists raised during an End conscription Campaign Peace Rally. Johannesburg
Mendel, Gideon
Pallbearers at funeral supported by COSAS in Duduzo Township in 1985.
Mendel, Gideon
"Bullets won't stop us" - political funeral in South Africa
Mendel, Gideon
Youth in a township east of Johannesburg run to escape from the police bullets
Mendel, Gideon
Funeral (with ANC flag) of a very young victim of the police violence in Mamelodi, near Pretoria
Mendel, Gideon