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A peaceful youth protest on June 16 1976, against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in schools, turned into a massacre when apartheid police opened fire. Photo: Bongani Mnguni Mgcineni Noki rallies workers in Marikana before a deadly clash with police on August 16 2012. Photo: Leon Sadiki/City Press
Actor John Kani in The Native Who Caused All the Trouble at The Market Theatre in 1987. Photo: Showbiz PlaysRescue services work around victims of a stampede Ellis Park in Johannesburg on April 11 2001. Forty-three people died in the stampede, which happened when a crowd tried to enter the overcrowded stadium to attend a soccer match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela clenched a fist outside the Pretoria regional court. Photo: George Mashinini A little girl holds a candle during a night vigil for former President Nelson Mandela in Vilakazi Street on December 15, 2013 in Soweto, South Africa. Nelson Mandela passed away on the evening of December 5. Photo: City Press/Lucky Nxumalo
The picture shows the editor of The World, Percy Qoboza - who also became editor of City Press, being escorted by security police into detention. Qoboza was held for five months under section 10 of the Internal Security Act in Modderbee Prison. Picture: Courtesy of Sowetan Legendary South African playwright and music producer, Gibson Kente, aka The Father of Black Theatre is seen in Soweto on February 3 1985. Photo: City Press Archives
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