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Title: Woman holds a tissue as she cries over the loss of her son, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Grief, Youth, Law enforcement
Description: Mrs Elizabeth Fortuin weeps over the death of her son Bernard, 15, who was shot dead by police in Halt Road, Elsie's River, yesterday. Bernard, a standard five pupil, was one of two youths shot dead when police opened fire on a stone throwing crowd.
Identifier: islandora:16179

Title: Police run across a street while firing their guns, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Law enforcement, Weapons, Civil unrest, Protection
Description: Police run across a street while firing their guns, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15941

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

Title: Demonstrators run from the riot police, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Description: A demonstrator above the Stand Street concourse facing a confrontation with a member of the riot squad.
Identifier: islandora:16304

Title: Members of the army stand relaxed talking to one another, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Law enforcement, Weapons
Description: Riot police at Haui march.
Identifier: islandora:16242

Title: Policemen walking Manenberg streets, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Law enforcement, Civil unrest, Protection, Weapons, Demonstrations
Description: Tension: Twenty Internal Stability Unit policemen move slowly through Manenberg Drive and alleys between blocks of flats after they tear-gassed strikers who stoned them.
Identifier: islandora:15956

Title: Policeman escorts protester to van, Cape Town
Subject: Athlone (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Description: A riot policeman leads a suspect to a police vehicle during yesterday's clashes in Klipfontein Road, Athlone.
Identifier: islandora:16347

Title: Policeman looks at a motor vehicle that has been set alight, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Vandalism, Law enforcement, Civil unrest, Violence, Roads
Description: Riot police sealed off part of Belgravia Road in Athlone yesterday after youths had set this car alight.
Identifier: islandora:16223

Title: Convoy of riot vans, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Motorcars, Vandalism, Law enforcement
Description: Riot vans in Adderley Street.
Identifier: islandora:16308

Title: Protest, St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Civil unrest, Demonstrations, Church buildings, Law enforcement, Weapons
Description: Protesters disperse as a smoke canister explodes outside St George's Cathedral, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16444

Title: Riot policemen smiles as he walks, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Description: Major F.J. Mostert, head of the Fraud Squad and former Murder and Robbery squad chief, joined riot police on Adderley Street to assist a force badly hit by widespread rioting across the Peninsula. Here he enjoys a light moment during a brief let-up in the unrest.
Identifier: islandora:16357

Title: Policeman stands guard over a burning vehicle, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Law enforcement, Vandalism, Motorcars, Weapons
Description: Bakkie Fire: A policeman guards a burning bakkie on the N2 near Crossroads after it left the road when it was stoned today. The vehicle was set alight after the driver fled.
Identifier: islandora:16096

Title: Policeman drags man caught looting, Cape Town
Subject: Nyanga (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Law enforcement, Robbery
Description: A constable drags a prisoner to the patrol van after police surprised looters at a burnt Nyanga bottle store yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:16348

Title: Aftermath of a protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Description: Haui March
Identifier: islandora:16202

Title: Two policemen take a break and play cards, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Description: The situation in Cape Town's three Black townships, Langa, Nyanga and Gugulethu was quiet at the weekend following sporadic riots during the week in which at least 30 people were killed and many injured. These two policemen, on standby at the Guguletu police station yesterday, whiled away the time by playing cards. Others sat around chatting on the lawns round the police station.
Identifier: islandora:16257

Title: Protesters fighting, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), circa 1972, Civil unrest, Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Description: Protesters fight amongst themselves, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16445

Title: Riot policemen approach protesters, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Law enforcement, Weapons
Description: Riot policemen in Greenmarket Square, where crowds were dispersed with teargas.
Identifier: islandora:16365

Title: Protesters fighting, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Civil unrest, Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Description: Protesters fight amongst themselves, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16447

Title: Policeman restrains his dog from chasing protesters, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, German shepherd dog, Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Description: Policeman restrains his dog from chasing protesters, Cape Town, 1976.
Identifier: islandora:16260

Title: Police escort Grassroots protester, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Law enforcement, Demonstrations, Apartheid
Description: Police escort Grassroots protester, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16064

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