Police

Police in action at a Johannesburg protest

ZA AFRAPIX AP5-14-14.2-14.2.3
Item
c1984

Part of JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

Police in action at a Johannesburg protest

Schwegmann, Wendy

Police with "sneeze machine" for teargas

ZA AFRAPIX AP5-14-14.2-14.2.2
Item
c1980s

Part of JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

Policemen and sneeze machine capable of spreading teargas of large area. Policemen in centre armed with gun used to propel rubber bullets. Other policemen are wearing gas mask to protect themselves from tear gas.

Matthews, Jimi

Funeral of police constable in Johannesburg

ZA AFRAPIX AP5-14-14.2-14.2.17
Item
c1984-1988

Part of JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

On 22 May Policemen carry the coffin at the funeral of fellow constable, 20 year old Weyers Botha, victim of a car bomb that exploded outside the Magistrates Court in downtown Johannesburg.

Miller, Eric

The police Reaction Unit in Cape Town

ZA AFRAPIX AP5-14-14.2-14.2.14
Item
1984

Part of JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

Police Reaction Unit ,Cape Town, informing protestors: "You have three minutes to disperse"

Matthews, Jimi

Vehicles used by police to disperse crowds

ZA AFRAPIX AP5-14-14.2-14.2.1
Item
c1980s

Part of JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

Vehicles used by the South African police to disperse crowds. The large vehicle "Raatel" in the background has portholes in the roof from where the police shoot while pursuing a fleeing crowd. The smaller vehicle in the right foreground carries a sneeze machine capable of spreading tear gas over a large area.

Matthews, Jimi

Driver in a taxi rank in Pretoria

ZA AFRAPIX AP5-12-12.1-12.1.10
Item
1987

Part of JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

Taxi driver speaks with police in a taxi rank in Pretoria whilst reading a newspaper.

AFRAPIX

Police seige of COSATU headquarters

ZA AFRAPIX AP5-11-11.7-11.7.10
Item
1987-04-22

Part of JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

Police lay siege to the headquarters of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in central Johannesburg. Police claimed they were searching for 3 ANC members allegedly hiding in the building. The building and the surrounding area were sealed off for over 6 hours and the press denied access under emergency regulations. Johannesburg 22 April 1987. Photographer at the time did not want credit for this photograph probably for protection.

Miller, Eric

Security forces arriving at Khotso House in Johannesburg

ZA AFRAPIX AP5-11-11.1-11.10.3
Item
1985-05-01

Part of JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

The security forces are called in on May Day to Khotso House, the headquaters of the South African Council of Churches (SACC). Police stand with guns outside the building.

Weinberg, Paul