Lawyer Priscilla Jana holds her fist up in defiance at Women's Day Commemoration. She stands in front of a poster stating "Women unite against Botha's Deal", Johannesburg 1984.
Protesters holding a poster with caption 'Equal rights for all' during a United Democratic Front (UDF) demonstration outside the Durban City Hall, November 1983.
About 2000 people participated in an 'Open City' walk to indicate their opposition to the Group Areas Act which reserves certain residential areas for different race groups. This participant, with a banner saying "it's my country I will live where I choose to!!", was instructed not to hold his banner because the police had forbidden the display of any banners and posters. He tied the poster to his back so was not 'holding' it.
Mass Democratic Movement (MDM) organised a Freedom March in Durban. The March began with an interfaith service and ended with a mass rally outside the Durban City Hall. It is estimated that a crowd of 20000 were waving banners and posters in order to call for the end of a state of emergency.
Members of the Rhodes University campus control unit attempted to prevent a peaceful placard protest against detentions of students by the Black Students Movement (BSM) at the graduation ceremony at the 1820s Settlers Monument.
UDF signature blitz for the UDF's One Million Signatures Campaign. A poster on a lamp post calls for residents of Grassy Park to make their mark. Poster is located on Victoria Road in Grassy Park