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Title: Pupils carry the coffin od a friend, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Youth, Grief
Description: Members of the Langa Haarlem Boys' Boxing Club were pallbearers at the funeral of a schoolboy, Xolile Mosi, 18, who was killed in the recent rioting.
Identifier: islandora:16355

Title: Police stand guard at a barricaded street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Law enforcement, Human security
Description: Riots - troops at Langa.
Identifier: islandora:16300

Title: Flaming tyres barricade a street in Guguletu, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Law enforcement
Description: Black youths stand in front of a flaming barricade as a taxi attempts to drive through. Police in an ambush in Guguletu township outside Cape Town had earlier killed seven alleged guerrilla fighters.
Identifier: islandora:16240

Title: Police officer runs after protester, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Weapons, Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Description: Member of the anti-riot unit chases a Coloured youth across Adderley Street.
Identifier: islandora:16273

Title: Young boy pretends to be a riot policeman, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Youth, Law enforcement
Description: The peaceful ebb of weekend life returned to Cape Town's riot-torn townships today. Here, a small Guguletu boy dressed in a camouflaged suit parodies riot police as he marches down the quiet main street.
Identifier: islandora:16366

Title: Riot police fire teargas, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Weapons, Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Description: Riot police fire teargas, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16256

Title: Riot squad vans arrive at a protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Motorcars, Law enforcement
Description: Riot squad vans arrive in the City at the height of the unrest.
Identifier: islandora:16353

Title: Body of an unidentified man, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Death
Description: Victim - The body of an unidentified man was found with a bullet wound in the head next to a burnt-out vehicle in NY5 in Gugulethu on Saturday.
Identifier: islandora:16237

Title: Two injured protesters lie in an ambulance, Cape Town
Subject: Guguletu (Cape Town,South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Wounds and injuries
Description: Two men wounded in Wednesday night's riots in Gugulethu are loaded into a waiting ambulance at the police station.
Identifier: islandora:16346

Title: People run out of the way of a smoking canister shot by police, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Weapons, Law enforcement
Description: People run out of the way of a smoking canister shot by police, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16284

Title: Pupils hold posters and protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Youth
Description: Pupils at the Grassy Park High School demonstrate yesterday, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16331

Title: Property damaged by fire and rioting, Cape Town
Subject: Langa (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Vandalism
Description: The burnt out shells of shops and houses in Langa after a night of rioting and arson.
Identifier: islandora:16352

Title: Media surround police and protesters, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Description: Media surround police and protesters, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16412

Title: Pupils protests for the release of their friends, Cape Town
Subject: Langa (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), circa 1976, Civil unrest, Violence, Youth, Demonstrations, African National Congress
Description: Flashback - Langa High pupils march in 1976. A similar photograph was shown yesterday to Joseph Ngoma, who saw a friend shot dead by police at the end of the march - an incident he cited in the "long story" of why he joined the African National Congress (ANC).
Identifier: islandora:16341

Title: Destruction of property done by rioters, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Vandalism
Description: Destruction of property done by rioters, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16276

Title: Aerial view of people gathering for a funeral, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Grief
Description: Crowd which gathered at the location for the funeral of the three killed in the Langa Riots. View of a small part of the huge crowd which gathered at Langa yesterdayfor the funeral of the Africans who were killed in the riot in the township. The photograph was taken before the funeral procession moved off to Langa cemetery, about a mile away.
Identifier: islandora:16296

Title: Destruction done to two properties from riots, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Vandalism, Property development
Description: Destruction done to two properties from riots, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16286

Title: Protesters carry lilies, World War 2 memorial, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations
Description: Protesters carry lilies while standing in front of the World War 2 memorial.
Identifier: islandora:16415

Title: Grandmother and grandson hold a brick, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Vandalism, Civil unrest, Violence
Description: Mrs Cornelia Nolan, 75, and her grandson, Bruce, 9, show one of the half-bricks which hit their house on Wednesday night.
Identifier: islandora:16231

Title: Policeman holding protestor, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Law enforcement, Animals
Description: Policeman holds onto a protester who sees to his dog, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16407

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