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

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Car with broken windshield, 16 June 1976, Orlando Station. Source: SAB K345
Destroyed van, 16 June 1976, Orlando Station. Source: SAB K345
Shops with broken windows, Diepkloof. Source: SAB K345
Burned out shops, Diepkloof. Source: SAB K345
Orlando East beer hall. Source: SAB K345
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
Destroyed post office, Phiriwa. Source: SAB K345
Burnt-out car. Source: SAB K345
Burnt-out car. Source: SAB K345
Burnt-out bus, Diepkloof. Source: SAB K345
Burnt-out bus (view from left side), Diepkloof. Source: SAB K345
Back of shop, Diepkloof. Source: SAB K345
Front of shop, Diepkloof. Source: SAB K345
Woman walking past front of shop, Diepkloof. Source: SAB K345
WRAB building with broken windows, Diepkloof. Source: SAB K345
Matjile's bottle store, Orlando East. Source: SAB K345
Makholokoe trading store, Orlando East. Source: SAB K345
Small crowd in front of Makholokoe trading store, Orlando East. Source: SAB K345
WRAB building with collapsed roof, Orlando East. Source: SAB K345
Damaged WRAB building, Orlando East. Source: SAB K345
Burnt-out Cars on Street in Front of Uncle Tom's Hall. Source: SAB K345
Uncle Tom's Hall truck, burnt-out and flipped. Source: SAB K345
Destroyed WRAB building, Dube. Source: SAB K345
Destroyed clinic, Diepkloof. Source: SAB K345
Destroyed clinic, view from street, Diepkloof. Source: SAB K345
WRAB building with fire damage, Diepkloof. Source: SAB K345
WRAB building with fire damage (close-up), Diepkloof. Source: SAB K345
Broken windshield, Diepkloof. Source: SAB K345
WRAB damaged cars under collapsed garage. Source: SAB K345
WRAB fire-damaged building. Source: SAB K345
Library with broken windows (close-up), Diepkloof. Source: SAB K345
Truck, crushed by fallen tree, in front of house 1787. Source: SAB K345
Truck, crushed by fallen tree (side view). Source: SAB K345
Burnt-out car with missing tires, in front of house 4632. Source: SAB K345
Leyland truck, burnt-out. Source: SAB K345
Bottle store, Orlando West. Source: SAB K345
Veld, Orlando West. Source: SAB K345
Boy, Orlando East. Source: SAB K345
Damaged WRAB truck with missing tires, Orlando East. Source: SAB K345
Damaged WRAB truck with missing tires, Orlando East. Source: SAB K345
Damaged Ntsele general store, Orlando East. Source: SAB K345
Damaged WRAB building and overturned car, Orlando East. Source: SAB K345
Damaged building and telephone booth, Orlando West. Source: SAB K345
Damaged drankwinkel [bottle store]. Source: SAB K345
Bottle store, Dube. Source: SAB K345
Rail crossing, Maponya. Source: SAB K345
Intersection. Source: SAB K345
Intersection. Source: SAB K345
Overturned VW kombi, Maponya. Source: SAB K345
Destroyed desk in WRAB office. Source: SAB K345
Directly Opposite 2217: Dube Electrical Substation. Source: SAB K345
Destroyed WRAB office interior, Dube. Source: SAB K345
Fire damage to WRAB office exterior, Dube. Source: SAB K345
Destroyed WRAB office interior, Dube. Source: SAB K345
Broken windows of WRAB office exterior, Dube. Source: SAB K345
Barclays bank with collapsed roof and fire damage, Dube. Source: SAB K345
Truck, Dube. Source: SAB K345
Street with truck and houses, Dube. Source: SAB K345
Dube Street, closer view. Source: SAB K345
Bottle store, Orlando West. Source: SAB K345
Car without windshield, Orlando West. Source: SAB K345
Diepkloof Hostel shop. Source: SAB K345
Orlando West clinic, damaged (Exterior View). Source: SAB K345
Damaged truck with missing tires, Orlando West. Source: SAB K345
Clinic, close-up with fence, Orlando West. Source: SAB K345
Clinic exterior, Orlando West. Source: SAB K345
Burnt-out clinic bus, Orlando West. Source: SAB K345
Clinic bus, close-up, Orlando West. Source: SAB K345
Severely damaged clinic and bus, Orlando West. Source: SAB K345
WRAB office, Orlando West. Source: SAB K345
Orlando police station with man. Source: SAB K345
Car with cracked windshield, Orlando police station. Source: SAB K345
Two cars with officers, Orlando police station. Source: SAB K345
Car with damaged windshield (SAP 36833), Orlando police station. Source: SAB K345
Car with damaged windshield and police officers, Orlando police station. Source: SAB K345
Parked car, Orlando police station. Source: SAB K345
Car and trucks, Orlando police station. Source: SAB K345
Chief Twala, 23 June 1972, photographed by Michael, 1437 Jabulani, Soweto. Source: Civil Case WLD 6857 (1977), Vol. 411
Hector Pieterson in the arms of Mbuyisa Nkita Makhubu, his sister, Antoinette Musi, running alongside.
Photographer Sam Nzima in front of his photograph of Hector Pieterson, Mbuyisa Nkita Makhubu, and Antoinette Musi at the Hector Pieterson Museum.
Sign (close-up): "Afrikaans is sign of Oppression."
Vilakazi Street, Soweto
Vilakazi Street, Soweto
Sign for clinic
Braamfontein
Braamfontein
Braamfontein
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Mine
Mine
Mine
Orlando Police Station
Soweto streetlamps
Orlando Power Station
Soweto landscape
Houses in Soweto
Houses in Soweto
Soweto street
Soweto trees and fence
Soweto sidewalk
Soweto walls