Tear Gas

A group of demonstrators teargassed

ZA AFRAPIX AP2-A-645
Item
August 1985

Part of ANTI-APARTHEID COLLECTION, NETHERLANDS

Mabuza, Herbert

Children fleeing teargas in Manenberg.

ZA AFRAPIX AP5-6-6.3-6.3.10
Item
1989-07-27

Part of JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

Manenberg school children, flee after tear gas was used to disperse them. They had been leaving a school after police barred them from holding a rally.

Miller, Eric

Funeral for Amanda Fanisa, a 6 month old baby who was killed by teargas

ZA AFRAPIX AP5-8-8.5-8.5.4
Item
1985-03

Part of JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

Crossroads residents bury six-month-old Amanda Fanisa, asphyxiated by tear gas fired during police action in Crossroads, Cape Town. The South African security forces used tear gas as a standard means of "crowd control". Tear gas can be lethal, and it is especially dangerous when inhaled by young children.

Mendel, Gideon

Grahamstown funeral: police casspir and youth fleeing police teargas

ZA AFRAPIX AP2-A-1231
Item
13 April 1986

Part of ANTI-APARTHEID COLLECTION, NETHERLANDS

Cobbing, Julian

Police break up a protest against elections at UCT

ZA AFRAPIX AP5-23-23.3-23.3.7
Item
c1985-1988

Part of JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

Police break up a University of Cape Town (UCT) protest against elections in front of Jameson Hall. A student is being escorted by a policeman wearing a gas mask. Another policeman is pointing a gun which shoots teargas.

Tillim, Guy

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