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2,879 Apartheid And Unrest Images and Stock Photos

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The Alexandra Township police riot squad tear-gases defiant protesters and residents during pre-election violence. With the coming of a freer...

Police Officers Tear-Gassing Pre-Election Protesters

Riot policeman beats a young person in 1976, in Cape Town, South Africa.

The 1976 Liberation Riots in South Africa

South African rioters in Soweto use cars as roadblocks during unrest stemming from protests against the use of Afrikaans in schools.

Over 100 people were killed and more than 1000 injured in South Africa following anti-apartheid protests in Soweto, near Johannesburgh.

Police in Soweto Township pick up the body of a white man killed in riots. Black students protested the teaching of Afrikaans, the language preferred...

South African Police Lifting a Body

White residents are caught in police tear gas during unrest in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa, 15th September 1976. The violence comes in the wake...

Tear Gas Victim

South African woman runs with two terrified children while a mob forms behind her during a riot, South Africa, 1981.

'South Africa Riot'

An armed police officer trains his rifle on demonstrators during unrest near Cape Town, South Africa, 16th September 1976. The violence comes in the...

High school students riot in a Soweto street near Winnie Mandela's house protesting apartheid.

Black Students Protesting Apartheid

Policeman loses his hat as anti-apartheid demonstrators riot at the St Helen's Rugby Ground, Swansea, Australia, during a match between the South...

St Helen's Riot

Over 100 people were killed and more than 1000 injured in South Africa following anti-apartheid protests in Soweto, near Johannesburg.

South African police officer cordons off a stairwell where a casualty of the riots in Johannesburg lies bleeding.

Police Officer Sectioning off Crime Scene

Separate toilets with signs reading ‘Non-European’ on one side and ‘Public Conveniences for European Men’ on the other, during the apartheid years in...

Apartheid South Africa

White police and soldiers attack black students protesting against the use of Afrikaans in lessons. One hundred people killed and a thousand were...

Rioting in Soweto

Injured people waiting for treatment after a riot in Soweto, outside Johannesburg, South Africa. The rioting started after police opened fire on a...

Soweto Casualties

Protesting pupils use the Regina Mundi Church as a refuge during the student uprising on June 16, 1976 in Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Regina Mundi Church turns 50

Riot Police fire on crowds, using shotguns loaded with birdshot, during a demonstration in central Cape Town, South Africa, 9th March 1976.

The aftermath of the massacre at Sharpeville, thirty miles from Johannesburg, in which more than fifty black South Africans lost their lives. Police...

Sharpeville Massacre

Police with batons drawn and wearing riot helmets confront anti-apartheid protesters outside the rugby ground where the touring South African...

Anti-Aparteid protesting

South African police take away the body of a black woman killed during the Sharpeville massacre. Police opened fire on a crowd protesting against...

Blood On The Streets

Marek Halter participe à une manifestation anti-apartheid devant l’ambassade d’Afrique du Sud à Paris, le 28 aout 1985.

South African soldier holding a tear gas grenade launcher during rioting near Cape Town, South Africa, 15th September 1976. The unrest comes in the...

Soldier At Riot

Rioter in Soweto, South Africa.

Depuis la révolte de 1976, le nom de ce township noir symbolise la lutte de la population noire contre le système d'apartheid. Les habitants mènent...

South African police beating Black women with clubs after they raided and set a beer hall on fire in protest against apartheid, Durban, South Africa.

Apartheid Protest

Young female protestor holds up a copy of the Boycott News newspaper headlined: 'You Can Fight Apartheid With Your Shopping Bag' outside South Africa...

Anti-Apartheid Protest, London, 1960

Police turn a dog on a man who seems to be a bystander, during an anti-apartheid rally, June 15, 1980.

Police Turning Dog on Man

South African "Non Whites Only" bus during apartheid in South Africa, 1 August 1980.

Apartheid South Africa

Depuis la révolte de 1976, le nom de ce township noir symbolise la lutte de la population noire contre le système d'apartheid. Les habitants mènent...

cape town newspaper promoting talk on "scourge of racism" - apartheid and unrest stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Cape Town newspaper promoting talk on "scourge of racism"

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Freedom and Democracy from Memorial in Soweto, South Africa

Riot in Duduza township during the funeral of four blacks killed during an attack on government employees. A state of emergency was imposed in July...

Violence in South Africa

People, Politics, South Africa, Apartheid, pic: March 1982, A railway carriage which is reserved fo white people only

People. Politics. South Africa. Apartheid. pic: March 1982. A railway carriage which is reserved fo white people only.

South African police arrest a Zulu man suspected of being a sniper, a few weeks before South Africa's free elections of April 1994. Severe conflicts...

South African Police Arresting Sniper Suspect

Funeral of four persons killed by the police in Port Elizabeth, March 31, 1985.

Funeral of Four South Africans in Zwide

Race, Apartheid, South Africa, pic: 1952, Black African protesters seen among a crowd at a Johannesburg protest meeting which defied a ban on such...

Race. Apartheid. South Africa. pic: 1952. Black African protesters seen among a crowd at a Johannesburg protest meeting which defied a ban on such gatherings.

Poor white Afrikaner family receives bread and Christmas presents from the Salvation Army in a poor white area in Krugersdorp, outside Johannesburg,...

Poor whites in Krugersdorp, South Africa

Soldier Standing Guard over Rioters

Soldier Standing Guard over Rioters

Toilets restricted to use by "Black, Coloreds & Asians" at a bus station. During the apartheid years in South Africa, 19 March 1986, Johannesburg.

Apartheid South Africa

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Hector Pieterson Memorial in Soweto, South Africa

Since the revolt of 1976, the name of this black township has symbolized the fight of the black population against the system of apartheid. The...

Soweto Under Surveillance

Women armed with sticks face a line of police after a demonstration at Cato Manor, Durban, in protest against the city's measures to clean up the...

Police officers drag away a man that has just been shot in 1976 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Police officers drag away a man that has just been shot in 1976

White Johannesburg riot police threaten anti-apartheid student protesters at the University of Witwatersrand who are holding flowers and flashing...

Armed Police Officers Threaten Student Protesters

Bilingual apartheid sign declaring 'This beach for Whites Only' on a beach, South Africa, 1 August 1980.

Apartheid South Africa

Segregated signage in Port Elizabeth during the apartheid years in South Africa, 1 August 1980.

Apartheid South Africa

Depuis la révolte de 1976, le nom de ce township noir symbolise la lutte de la population noire contre le système d'apartheid. Les habitants mènent...

Since the revolt of 1976, the name of this black township has symbolized the fight of the black population against the system of apartheid. The...

Soweto Under Surveillance

Black youths stoning a car during unrest in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa, 16th September 1976. The violence comes in the wake of the Soweto...

Car Stoned In Athlone

Race, Apartheid, South Africa, pic: 1952, Typical anti-apartheid slogan as non white protesters, part of a large crowd at a Capetown protest meeting...

Race. Apartheid. South Africa. pic: 1952. Typical anti-apartheid slogan as non white protesters, part of a large crowd at a Capetown protest meeting which called for freedom and equality.

White policemen charge into a racialy motivated conflict between African and Indian residents, Durban, South Africa, January 17, 1949. Over 140...

South African Race Riot

Black students protesting against the compulsory teaching of Dutch-based Afrikaans in schools charge during a riot in Soweto. Police opened fire on...

Rioting in Soweto

White protestors hold signs and protest against Apartheid, South Africa, 1980.

'Apartheid Protestor'

Kid places a flag in a ship model in support of the boycott of the Israeli apartheid against the Palestinians during a demonstration demanding...

Demonstration In Support Of The Security Of The Global Sumud Flotilla in Spain

Sign reading ‘Bathing Area for Coloured Community’ on a beach in Durban, 1 April 1983, South Africa.

Apartheid South Africa

Depuis la révolte de 1976, le nom de ce township noir symbolise la lutte de la population noire contre le système d'apartheid. Les habitants mènent...

Race, Apartheid, South Africa, pic: 1952, Non white protesters, part of a large crowd at a Johannesburg protest meeting which called for freedom and...

Race. Apartheid. South Africa. pic: 1952. Non white protesters, part of a large crowd at a Johannesburg protest meeting which called for freedom and equality.

Police turn a dog on a man who seems to be a bystander, during an anti-apartheid rally, June 15, 1980.

Police Turning Dog on Man

Police Dragging Protestor at Anti-Apartheid Demonstrations in Soweto, June 15, 1980.

Soweto Under Surveillance

Depuis la révolte de 1976, le nom de ce township noir symbolise la lutte de la population noire contre le système d'apartheid. Les habitants mènent...

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