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Title: Mother in mourning, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Grief
Description: On the night of August 11, Mrs Lutya's oldest son, Wiseman, didn't come home. She heard nothing more of him. She spent the next two weeks going from police station to hospital to mortuary, searching for some news of her son - the household's major breadwinner. Finally, she was advised to take a photograph of him with her from mortuary to mortuary. She found him at Salt River. She still doesn't know what happened. Mrs Lutya has nine other children, eight of whom are still at school.
Identifier: islandora:16292

Title: Policeman helps another put his gasmask on, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Weapons, Law enforcement
Description: Two policemen don their gasmasks as a precautionary measure in case they have to use teargas against marching demonstrators.
Identifier: islandora:16280

Title: Policeman hits protester, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Weapons, Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Description: A young boy flees as a riot policemen hits out with his rubber baton during yesterday's rioting in Athlone.
Identifier: islandora:16258

Title: Police remove protesters, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), circa 1972, Civil unrest, Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Description: Police remove protesters sitting on steps, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16426

Title: Someone spray-painted "Sunday bloody Sunday" on a wall, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Vandalism, Civil unrest, Violence
Description: Someone spray-painted "Sunday bloody Sunday" on a wall, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16232

Title: Protesters barricade the street with burning tyres and barrels, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Vandalism, Demonstrations
Description: Protesters barricade the street with burning tyres and barrels, Cape Town. Boland unrest.
Identifier: islandora:16238

Title: Paramedic helps an injured man, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Wounds and injuries, Demonstrations, Ambulances
Description: Paramedic helps an injured man, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16266

Title: Truck set alight, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Vandalism, Demonstrations
Description: A delivery van transporting dead chickens goes up in flames in Belgravia Road, Athlone, yesterday afternoon. The driver of the van was ordered out and the vehicle set alight.
Identifier: islandora:16247

Title: Riot police chase after school children, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Youth, Demonstrations, Law enforcement, Weapons
Description: Anti-riot police charge through the smoke of an exploded teargas grenade in Bonteheuwel yesterday as schoolchildren escape the fumes by running through the gap in the fence surrounding the school buildings. Police quelled a demonstration at the school after a baton charge and after the teargas was used.
Identifier: islandora:16316

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