Louise Gubb

: ANC victory celebrations, Johannesburg, South Africa; African National Congress (ANC) supporters embrace in celebration of victory in South Africa's first all-race presidential elections, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 1994.

: AWB supporters interrupt NP political rally, Pietersburg, South Africa; Rise of the Right; At a National Party (NP) political rally, members of the Afrikaner Resistance (AWB) forcibly take over the stage and prevent apartheid government Foreign Minister, Pik Botha, from speaking. Here AWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche, addresses the crowd, Pietersburg, South Africa, 22 May 1986.

: Archbishop Desmond Tutu in mourning, Soweto, South Africa; Archbishop Desmond Tutu cries at a service to mourn the death, supposedly in a car accident, of an anti-apartheid parishioner. It was widely believed that the apartheid security police had set up the young man's accident to kill him, Soweto, South Africa, June 1986.

: Black children at school, Johannesburg, South Africa; Poor black education at an informal (squatter) settlement outside Johannesburg. Children sat on the floor, or on bricks as stools, due to a lack of facilities, South Africa, August 1990.

: Black resistance graffiti, Johannesburg, South Africa; Black resistance graffiti during a time of riots and violence, August 1985, Johannesburg, South Africa.

: Burning barricades, Cape Town, South Africa; Burning barricades in the streets of Athlone during protests and riots against apartheid, October 1985, Cape Town, South Africa.

: Chris Hani funeral, Soweto, South Africa; Guerillas of the African National Congress (ANC)'s military wing, the M.K., carry the coffin of assassinated ANC military chief, Chris Hani, at his funeral, Soweto, South Africa, 18 April 1993.

: Chris Hani promoting peace at first democratic elections, Johannesburg, South Africa; Charismatic African National Congress (ANC) military leader, Chris Hani, appeals to township supporters for an end to violence and factional killing, in the run-up to the country's first democratic elections. Thokoza township, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 1991.

: Crowd awaiting Mandela's release, Cape Town, South Africa; A huge crowd of expectant South Africans await the arrival of freed political prisoner Nelson Mandela on the day of his release from jail, Grand Parade, Cape Town, South Africa, 11 February 1990.

: Daughter of Sharpeville massacre victim mourns beside his grave, Vereeniging, South Africa; Joyce Mohlatsane's little daughter comforts her grieving mother, while praying by the grave of her PAC (Pan African Congress) father who was killed in the 1960 Sharpeville massacre, when police fired into a black crowd protesting apartheid pass laws, killing 69 and injuring 180, Sharpeville, South Africa, 21 March 1992.

: David Webster funeral, Johannesburg, South Africa; Activists defiantly hoist the banned African National Congress (ANC) flag at the funeral of David Webster, a prominent anti-apartheid activist and champion of labour union rights who was murdered by the apartheid state on May Day (1 May) 1989. Johannesburg, South Africa, 6 May 1989.

: Defy Apartheid church service, Cape Town, South Africa; Archbishop Desmond Tutu leads a 'Defy Apartheid' service with anti-apartheid UDF (United Democratic Front) leaders at St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, 19 August 1989.

: Family visiting grave of Hendrik Verwoerd, Pretoria, South Africa; Betsy, the wife of apartheid founder and former Prime Minister, Hendrik Verwoerd, visits his grave with family in Pretoria, South Africa, January 1986.

: First rugby game after apartheid sanctions were lifted, Pretoria, South Africa; Then President Nelson Mandela and Vice President F.W. de Klerk stand at attention as the National Anthem is played at the first rugby game (South Africa vs. England) after sanctions against apartheid were lifted. Francois Pienaar, then Springbok captain, stands behind, to the right. Pretoria, South Africa, 4 June 1994.

: Forcibly removed woman outside shack, South Africa; Families forcibly removed from "black spots" under apartheid segregation laws eke out a living in tin shacks far from their homes. Black spots were areas inhabited by black people that were deemed too close to the areas inhabited by whites. August 1982.

: Funeral of PAC member Mike Mosadi, Krugersdorp, South Africa; Guerillas of the Pan African Congress (PAC) movement bury slain comrade, Mike Mosadi, with military honors in Krugersdorp, South Africa, April 1991.

: Govan Mbeki's release from prison, Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Rivonia trialist and African National Congress (ANC) leader, Govan Mbeki, who spent 23 years in jail on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela, greets supporters and well-wishers on his first full day of release into freedom, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 6 November 1987.

: Great Trek Commemoration, Pretoria, South Africa; Commemoration of the Afrikaners' Great Trek, Pretoria, South Africa, December 1988.

: Great Trek Commemoration, Uitenhage, South Africa; Commemoration of the Afrikaners' Great Trek, Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa, December 1988.

: Home set alight in pre-election violence, Durban, South Africa; A resident tries to extinguish the flames of his home, set alight in pre-election fighting between Inkatha and African National Congress (ANC) political party supporters in Bambayi Township, Durban, South Africa, 25 March 1994.

: Homes set alight by vigilantes, Crossroads, Cape Town, South Africa; A young comrade watches homes burning during the battle for Crossroads, a black settlement outside Cape Town. Vigilantes, backed by police, forced squatters of the KTC township to flee their shacks, by shooting and setting fire to their homes, Cape Town, South Africa, 10 June 1986.

: Human Rainbow Concert, Johannesburg, South Africa; In the euphoric aftermath of Nelson Mandela's release from 27 years incarceration, whites and blacks came together to call for peace and democracy at a human rainbow concert in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 1990.

: Mandela returns to Robben Island with fellow Rivonia treason trialists, South Africa; Nelson Mandela and his fellow convicted Rivonia treason trialists, all former political prisoners on Robben Island, return to the island on the fourth anniversary of Mandela's release from jail. Here they are pictured in the quarry in which the black prisoners were made to dig out lime daily. Some say Mandela's eyes were damaged by the lime dust. Cape Town, South Africa, 11 February 1994.

: Mandela waving from former prison cell, Robben Island, South Africa; Nelson Mandela waves cheerfully from his former prison cell on Robben Island, four years after he was freed from jail by apartheid authorities. He spent more than two decades at Robben Island prison. Cape Town, South Africa, 11 February 1994.

: Mass funeral, East London, South Africa; A mass funeral is held for 18 people, including a baby, slain in police repression of an anti-apartheid protest. The coffins are draped in colours of the United Democratic Front (UDF), and carried by uniformed members of the movement, 31 August 1985, Duncan Village, South Africa.

: Media being arrested by apartheid police, Cape Town, South Africa; Cameraman Craig Matthews and his soundman, who were filming anti-apartheid protests in Cape Town, are arrested by police with orders to prevent media coverage of the unrest, October 1985, Cape Town, South Africa.

: Mourning mother, Cape Town, South Africa; As police arrest anti-apartheid demonstrating schoolchildren, a defiant mother gives a power salute as she mourns her son's arrest, October 1985, Wynberg, Cape Town.

: Negotiations prior to first democratic election, Kempton Park, South Africa; NP's Roelf Meyer (left) and African National Congress (ANC)'s Cyril Ramaphosa, the two main negotiators for the two largest parties engaged in constitutional settlement talks prior to South Africa's first democratic elections, Kempton Park, South Africa, 19 April 1994.

: Non-whites only' bus, Johannesburg, South Africa; Non-whites only' bus, September 1982, Johannesburg, South Africa. Under apartheid, buses and bus-stops were racially segregated.

: P.W. Botha, Princess Irene and Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Durban, South Africa; President P.W. Botha with Princess Irene and Mangosuthu Buthelezi, on stage at Durban City Hall, South Africa, 4 November 1987.

: Pensioner votes for first time in her life, Soweto, South Africa; On the day before the official voting day for South Africa's first all-race elections, black pensioners cast their vote, the first time in their lives. Soweto, South Africa, 26 April 1994.

: Police caspir patrol in Guguletu, Cape Town, South Africa; A police caspir patrols Guguletu township outside Cape Town as South Africans rioted against apartheid and the imprisonment of their political leaders, August 1985.

: Police dispersing student protestors, Johannesburg, South Africa; Students from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), who took to the streets with their protest against apartheid, are dispersed violently by police with batons and their dogs, Johannesburg, South Africa, 30 May 1986.

: Policeman whipping student protester with sjambok, Johannesburg, South Africa; A policeman sjamboks (whips) an escaping student rioter during unrest and protests in Western Township near Johannesburg, South Africa, 21 August 1985.

: Political rally, Evaton Township, South Africa; Political rally to protest against the Boipatong massacre, Evaton, South Africa, 21 June 1992.

: Protest against Boipatong massacre, Boipatong, South Africa; Youths protest the murder of 46 Boipatong residents by Inkatha hostel dwellers on June 17, at a rally addressed by Nelson Mandela. The killings caused the African National Congress (ANC) to cancel political negotiations with the government. South Africa, 19 June 1992.

: Rally against democratic tendencies of NP government, Pretoria, South Africa; Thousands of whites gather at the Voortrekker Monument, the symbol of Afrikaner culture, in support of Conservative Party leader, Dr. Andries Treurnicht, to rally against democratic tendencies of the National Party (NP) Government, Pretoria, South Africa, May 1990.

: Ray Alexander Simons with husband on return to South Africa, Johannesburg; Veteran Communist Trade Unionist, Ray Alexander Simons, with her husband, Jack Simons, on their return to South Africa after more than 30 years in political exile. She was a member of the SACP (South African Communist Party) and the ANC (African National Congress). Johannesburg, South Africa, March 1990.

: Release our leaders' protest, UCT, Cape Town, South Africa; Students and staff at the University of Cape Town (UCT) march to demand the release of black anti-apartheid leaders from jail, including Nelson Mandela, whose picture they carry, 28 August 1985, Cape Town, South Africa.

: Right wing conservatives at election rally, Pretoria, South Africa; Right-wing conservatives rally for another all-white by-election, which increased pro-apartheid representation in the all-white Parliament, Pretoria, South Africa, February 1982.

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