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Youth, Apartheid Detention, Women, Women's Organisations

Gille de Vlieg1985-03-17

Africa Media Online

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Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Family of detained youth ask Black Sash members Di Bishop, Audrey Coleman and others for help. When Molly Blackburn and other Black Sash members entered the Uitenhage Police Station, they discovered youth tied to table legs while being beaten by policemen, who were also eating their lunch. The Officer in Charge was Lieutenant Johan Fouche, who four days later gave the order for the police to open fire in Langa on 21st March 1985 killing nineteen people.

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  • Title: Youth, Apartheid Detention, Women, Women's Organisations
  • Creator: Gille de Vlieg
  • Date: 1985-03-17
  • Location: Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South A
  • Subject Keywords: Family of detained youth ask Black Sash members Di Bishop, Audrey Coleman and others for help. When Molly Blackburn and other Black Sash members entered the Uitenhage Police Station, they discovered youth tied to table legs while being beaten by policemen, who were also eating their lunch. The Officer in Charge was Lieutenant Johan Fouche, who four days later gave the order for the police to open fire in Langa on 21st March 1985 killing nineteen people.
  • Original Source: Gille de Vlieg / South Photos
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