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

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Orlando West High School entrance with sign: "Afrikaans is sign of oppression." Source: SAB K345
Sign (close-up): "Afrikaans is sign of Oppression." 16 June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Posters: "Vorster and Kruger are Rubbish," Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Posters, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Poster: "Voster (sic) and Kruger must go to Hell," Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd with poster 'My Baas.' June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Looters with alcohol; note on picture: "... besig om drank ..." (... busy taking alcohol ...), Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Bar with note: "Oormaat Drank" [excessive alcohol], Soweto. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Close-up of photograph in ledger of bar with note: "Oormaat Drank" [excessive alcohol], Soweto. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Wag 'n Bietjie Biersaal [beer hall]. 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 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
Community hall exterior. Note: "Van Buite Gesien na Brand" [exterior after fire], 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
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
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
Stolen Bedford truck lit on fire, Katlehong. 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
Poster: "We Can't Pretend." Source: SAB K345
Poster: "Kruger." Source: SAB K345
Poster: "Afrikaans is Terrorism." Source: SAB K345
Poster: "To Hell With Afrikaans." Source: SAB K345
Poster: "To Hell With Afrikaans." Source: SAB K345
Poster: "To Hell With Afrikaans." Source: SAB K345
Graffiti on WRAB building wall with smashed windows: "Ons Will Mandela [We want Mandela] / Our Black Power [?]. Source: SAB K345, exhibit 328
Sign (close-up): "Afrikaans is sign of Oppression."