“I Saw a Nightmare…”
Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976
by Helena Pohlandt-McCormick

Archive Home ... Browse by Exhibit ... K345 Volume (Box) 190/3: Police statements, photographs and other documents: Fotoalbum Onluste Afdeling Noord Transvaal te Mabopane [photoalbum riots department Northern Transvaal at Mabopane]

Building with broken windows, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Two trucks, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Truck, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Truck interior, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Truck interior, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Truck, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Bus, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Burning building, with school busses and person in foreground, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Bus 2
Truck, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Broken window, bus, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Steering column, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Bakery truck, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Bakery truck detail, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Bakery truck damage, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Building with broken windows, double storey, government building? Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Smashed toilet, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Building damage, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Wall-mounted box with dangling wires, possibly phone? Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Smashed toilet, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Building interior damage, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Smashed sink, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Aerial shot: crowd with bus, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Crowd aerial close-up, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Beer hall windows, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Beer hall, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Truck, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Truck cab, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Bus with windows smashed and policeman, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Bus back, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Bus burned, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Bus damaged, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Bus, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Bus behind, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Yard scattered paper, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Door and gate with evidence of damage, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Evidence of forceful entry, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Arson evidence, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Paint can and shears, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
House destroyed, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Window, house (close-up), Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Evidence: crumpled metal, Mabopane. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Evaton Map
Summary of autopsy reports by Professor Taljaard; note statistics about participants' ages and alcohol consumption, gunshot wounds etc. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Detailed of autopsy cases by Professor Taljaard; note statistics about participants' ages and alcohol consumption, gunshot wounds etc. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Students of the University of the North gathering on the football field of the campus. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Students gathered on the football field, University of the North. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Part of the student march, University of the North. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Part of the student march, University of the North. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Community hall that was burned, University of the North. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Community hall that was burned, University of the North. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Cans on a space heater showing, according to the police, the way in which fires were set in an office next to the community hall, University of the North. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Community/recreation hall after the fire was put out, University of the North. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Students that ran away after the police formed a line to prevent them from going closer to the burning hall, University of the North. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190
Balcony of the second floor of the men's dormitory from which someoneallegedly jumped, University of the North. Source: SAB K345, vol. 190