WITS

The outskirts of Soweto

ZA AFRAPIX AP5-12-12.1-12.1.1
Item
1982-1991

Part of JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

Man on a bicycle and woman at a streetside store on the outskirts of Soweto.

Mofokeng, Santu

Vehicles used by police to disperse crowds

ZA AFRAPIX AP5-14-14.2-14.2.1
Item
c1980s

Part of JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

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.

Matthews, Jimi

People waiting at Alexandra Clinic

ZA AFRAPIX AP5-9-9.1
Item
1983

Part of JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

Patients waiting at a clinic in front of the Tuberculosis ward.

Schwegmann, Wendy

Family home in a bus in Alexandra.

ZA AFRAPIX AP5-12-12.1-12.1.4
Item
1983

Part of JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

Family living in a bus in Alexandra. Storage and bed.

Schwegmann, Wendy

Mothers with babies at Alexandra Clinic.

ZA AFRAPIX AP5-9-9.2
Item
1983

Part of JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

Mothers queuing with babies at Alexandra Clinic to get them weighed.

Schwegmann, Wendy

Woman from Venda with malnourished child

ZA AFRAPIX AP5-9-9.3
Item
1983

Part of JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

A Woman from Venda weighing her malnourished child at an Alex clinic. .

Schwegmann, Wendy

Woman in one-roomed home in Alexandra

ZA AFRAPIX AP5-12-12.1-12.1.2
Item
1983

Part of JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

Woman in one-roomed home in Alexandra. The family moved from house in township to disused TB treatment centre to make way for houses (the new houses are rented at exorbitant prices the people cannot afford). This woman has made a cardboard partition in the room - shared by 4 families - to create privacy for her family.

Schwegmann, Wendy

Police with "sneeze machine" for teargas

ZA AFRAPIX AP5-14-14.2-14.2.2
Item
c1980s

Part of JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

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.

Matthews, Jimi