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Title: A policeman talks to a protester while others look on, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, De Klerk, F. W. (Frederik Willem), Law enforcement, Demonstrations
Description: A policeman talks to a protester while others look on, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16090

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: Policeman surveys the damage done to a shop, Cape Town
Subject: Hanover Park (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Law enforcement, Robbery
Description: Police survey the interior of a pharmacy in Hanover Park which was looted by rioters yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:16359

Title: Policeman watches a building being destroyed by fire, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Vandalism, Law enforcement
Description: A riot-squad policeman watches as a fire rages inside part of the Nyanga East Community Centre today.
Identifier: islandora:16277

Title: Policeman holding two protesters, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Description: Policeman holding two protesters, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16400

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: 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: Policeman appeals to Mitchell's Plain residents , Cape Town
Subject: Mitchell--s Plain (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Housing, Demonstrations, South African Police
Description: A policeman appeals to demonstrators in Mitchell's Plain to lay down their placards and disperse.
Identifier: islandora:17755

Title: Policeman confiscates a protester's sign, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Civil unrest, Demonstrations, Law enforcement, Signs
Description: Student protest outside St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, circa 1970.
Identifier: islandora:16374

Title: Riot policeman watching over Frederick Jansen, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Riots, Apartheid, Wounds and injuries
Description: Riots SA Cape Town - 1980. A riot policeman watches over Mr Frederick Jansen as they wait for an ambulance to arrive after Mr Jansen's bakkie, in the background, had been stoned and set alight.
Identifier: islandora:17655

Title: Policeman runs holding a baseball bat and gun, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Weapons, Law enforcement
Description: Partygoers interviewed this week said the objects they described as "baseball bats" or "pickaxe handles" were identical to the large truncheon held by one of the policemen in this Cape Times picture, taken during the riots of 1976.
Identifier: islandora:16354

Title: Riot policeman shoots a smoke canister at protesters, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Weapons, Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Description: Riot policeman shoots a smoke canister at protesters, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16272

Title: Policeman looks at the damage done to a building by rioters, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Vandalism, Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Description: The Nyanga Post Office destroyed by rioters.
Identifier: islandora:16248

Title: Policeman escorting protester, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Civil unrest, Demonstrations, Media, Law enforcement
Description: Policeman escorts protester, with photographers in the background, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16436

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: Policeman grabbing protester, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Law enforcement, Weapons
Description: People watch as a policeman grabs hold of a protester, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16403

Title: Policeman takes down a protesters banner tied to a building, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Demonstrations, Law enforcement, Signs and signboards
Description: Policeman takes down a protesters banner tied to a building, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16372

Title: Policeman keeps students at bay outside the gates to Parliament, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Education, Youth, Student protestors
Description: Hold it: A policeman keeps students at bay outside the gates to parliament. The students were addressed by the education minister who said the government had allocated R1 billion to help them.
Identifier: islandora:17780

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 hits protester with baton, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), circa 1972, Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Law enforcement, Weapons
Description: 1972: On "Black Friday" - June 2 - students and police clashed on the steps of St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, after a silent student protest.
Identifier: islandora:16401

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