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

Table of Contents


AcknowledgmentsReaders' Guide
IntroductionThe NarrativeOfficial StoriesThe ParticipantsAfrikaansMemory and ViolenceFinal ThoughtsArchive
AbbreviationsGlossary

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Archive Home ... Browse by Exhibit ... K345 Exhibit 38, Collection of black and white photographs, book: "Onluste Te Katlehong en Thokoza 18.6.76-21.9.76" [riots at Katlehong and Thokoza]

Bottle store, Kwesine. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Wag 'n Bietjie Biersaal [beer hall]. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Lindela bottle store. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Lindela bottle store with broken windows. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Lindela bottle store, Lion box and broken glass. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Cyril Victor bar interior. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Cyril Victor bar with broken till. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Last Chance beer hall. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Last Chance beer hall interior: chairs and tables. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Bottle store and beer hall: boxes with broken and intact beer bottles. Note: "Nadat Dit Oopgebreek en Geroof is" [after it was broken into and robbed], Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Bottle store, Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Bottle store inside, Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Bottle store office, Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Bottle store: broken roofing, Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Bottle store burned interior. Note: "Nadat die Polisie Onttrek en dit Geplunder en Aan Brand Gesteek is" [after the police withdrew and it was looted and burned], Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Bottle store exterior, Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Bottle store exterior, Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Photograph album 38 with Thokoza bottle store photographs. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Photograph album 38, Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Community hall exterior. Note: "Van Buite Gesien na Brand" [exterior after fire], Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Community hall, Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Community hall, Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Community hall inside. Note: "Van Binne Gesien na Brand" [seen from inside after fire], Thokoza, June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Community hall inside, Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Post office, complete album page, Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Post office exterior, Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Post office debris, Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Katlehong album page. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Katlehong album page. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Radebe se Winkel en Begrafnis Ondernemersaal [Radebe's store and funeral director's hall] with broken window frames, Katlehong. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Radebe's store exterior. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Radebe's store exterior. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
WRAB ambulance, burnt out. Note: "Uitgebrand by Bantoeadministrasieraad" [ambulance burnt out at Bantu Administration Board], Katlehong. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Burnt out ambulance at Kwesine Hostel, Katlehong. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Placard: "We Are Not Fighting." August 1976. Source: SAB K345
Placard: "Don't Shoot." August 1976. Source: SAB K345
Placard: "Kruger Release." August 1976. Source: SAB K345
Stolen Bedford truck lit on fire, Katlehong. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Truck close-Up. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Stolen VW van from Everest Dry Cleaners, lit on fire, Katlehong. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Everest drycleaners' van, Katlehong. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345G89
WRAB office inside, Katlehong. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
WRAB office outside, Katlehong. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Stolen Coca Cola truck, Katlehong. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Stolen Coca-Cola truck, Katlehong. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Bantu Administration offices, Katlehong. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Offices after fire, Katlehong. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Offices after fire, Katlehong. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Offices interior after fire, Katlehong. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Offices interior after fire, Katlehong. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Offices interior corridor, Katlehong. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345