Police inspecting passes in Cape Town
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White policeman inspecting black people's passes, Cape Town, 1983.
Mendel, Gideon
Police inspecting passes in Cape Town
White policeman inspecting black people's passes, Cape Town, 1983.
Mendel, Gideon
The police Reaction Unit in Cape Town
Police Reaction Unit ,Cape Town, informing protestors: "You have three minutes to disperse"
Matthews, Jimi
Police arrest a student at a demonstration in central Cape Town
The protest was against Republic Day celebrations set for the next day and police broke up the protest. A policeman grapples with demonstrating University of Cape Town (UCT) students in central Cape Town. Students hang on to a student the policeman was attempting to arrest. Five people were arrested.
Mendel, Gideon
Police arrest a student at a demonstration in central Cape Town
Policeman arrests a University of Cape Town (UCT) student that was protesting against Republic Day celebrations set for the next day. Five people were arrested.
Mendel, Gideon
Parade for SAP recruits from townships
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.
Hartman, David
Demonstrating against detention and in support of detainees on hunger strike. .T. 4/4/89.
A group of strikers demonstrating against detention and for hunger strikers not to be moved, but released, holding placards being ticketed by police officers.
Miller, Eric
Vehicles used by police to disperse crowds
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
Supporters asked to disperse during the Yengeni trial in Cape Town
Supporters outside court for the Yengeni Trial ordered to disperse by police, Cape Town.
Miller, Eric
Police with "sneeze machine" for teargas
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