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974
South Africa
Zamdela, 80kms south of Johannesburg, January 22, 2013
A protestor with an injured man in the back of a vehicle carrying injured and dead protestors after a demonstration by residents against the merging of two municipalities. Cars and buildings were torched, 150 people were arrested for looting, and at least eight people were killed.
© João Silva
974
South Africa
Zamdela, 80kms south of Johannesburg, January 22, 2013
A protestor with an injured man in the back of a vehicle carrying injured and dead protestors after a demonstration by residents against the merging of two municipalities. Cars and buildings were torched, 150 people were arrested for looting, and at least eight people were killed.
© João Silva
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972
South Africa
Johannesburg, April 19, 2009
At an ANC ¬election rally, former South African President Nelson Mandela walks off stage, assisted by African National Congress President and presidential candidate, Jacob Zuma.
© João Silva
972
South Africa
Johannesburg, April 19, 2009
At an ANC ¬election rally, former South African President Nelson Mandela walks off stage, assisted by African National Congress President and presidential candidate, Jacob Zuma.
© João Silva
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973
South Africa
Johannesburg, April 19, 2008
A resident at the Ramaphosa Squatter settlement on the outskirts of Johannesburg uses a golf club to demolish a shack to stop fire spreading after several shacks were set alight during xenophobic violence which claimed the lives of many foreign residents.
© João Silva
973
South Africa
Johannesburg, April 19, 2008
A resident at the Ramaphosa Squatter settlement on the outskirts of Johannesburg uses a golf club to demolish a shack to stop fire spreading after several shacks were set alight during xenophobic violence which claimed the lives of many foreign residents.
© João Silva
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971
South Africa
Thokoza, April 19, 1994
Self Defense Unit members carry an injured comrade hit by gunfire from the Inkatha Freedom Party hostel.
© João Silva
971
South Africa
Thokoza, April 19, 1994
Self Defense Unit members carry an injured comrade hit by gunfire from the Inkatha Freedom Party hostel.
© João Silva
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970
South Africa
Thokoza, April 19, 1994
Self Defense Unit members carry an injured comrade hit by gunfire from the Inkatha Freedom Party hostel.
© João Silva
970
South Africa
Thokoza, April 19, 1994
Self Defense Unit members carry an injured comrade hit by gunfire from the Inkatha Freedom Party hostel.
© João Silva
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969
South Africa
Thokoza, April 19, 1994
ANC Self Defense Unit members attack a hostel where Inkatha Freedom Party supporters launch attacks on the community.
© João Silva
969
South Africa
Thokoza, April 19, 1994
ANC Self Defense Unit members attack a hostel where Inkatha Freedom Party supporters launch attacks on the community.
© João Silva
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968
South Africa
Thokoza, April, 1994.
Self Defense Unit members take cover from gunfire coming from the Inkatha Freedom Party hostel during an attack on the hostel by ANC Self Defense Unit members.
© João Silva
968
South Africa
Thokoza, April, 1994.
Self Defense Unit members take cover from gunfire coming from the Inkatha Freedom Party hostel during an attack on the hostel by ANC Self Defense Unit members.
© João Silva
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967
South Africa
Johannesburg, March 28, 1994.
A man with a superficial head wound breaks down and weeps in downtown, outside the African National Congress headquarters where nine Inkatha Freedom Party supporters were killed when gunmen inside the ANC building opened fire.
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967
South Africa
Johannesburg, March 28, 1994.
A man with a superficial head wound breaks down and weeps in downtown, outside the African National Congress headquarters where nine Inkatha Freedom Party supporters were killed when gunmen inside the ANC building opened fire.
© João Silva
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966
South Africa
Bekkersdal Township, west of Johannesburg, February 24, 1994
Township residents take cover behind a wall during running battles between Inkatha Freedom Party supporters and African National Congress supporters.
© João Silva
966
South Africa
Bekkersdal Township, west of Johannesburg, February 24, 1994
Township residents take cover behind a wall during running battles between Inkatha Freedom Party supporters and African National Congress supporters.
© João Silva
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965
South Africa
South Africa, 1993. Police struggle to arrest an alleged African National Congress gunman at a political funeral in Ratanda township.
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965
South Africa
South Africa, 1993. Police struggle to arrest an alleged African National Congress gunman at a political funeral in Ratanda township.
© João Silva
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964
South Africa
Soweto, 1993
Victims of violence overnight lay across the street in Soweto. No one knows who wrote the sign on the roadside.
© João Silva
964
South Africa
Soweto, 1993
Victims of violence overnight lay across the street in Soweto. No one knows who wrote the sign on the roadside.
© João Silva
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963
South Africa
Phola Park, 1993
A man removes flesh from the burning corpse of a victim of ongoing violence in Thokoza, east of Johannesburg. Human flesh is used as an ingredient in Muti (traditional medicine) believed by warriors to endow them with special powers.
© João Silva
963
South Africa
Phola Park, 1993
A man removes flesh from the burning corpse of a victim of ongoing violence in Thokoza, east of Johannesburg. Human flesh is used as an ingredient in Muti (traditional medicine) believed by warriors to endow them with special powers.
© João Silva
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962
South Africa
Johannesburg, 1993
A man is attacked by a police dog during riots in downtown Johannesburg after the taxi industry instigated violence that lasted three days and brought the city to a halt.
© João Silva
962
South Africa
Johannesburg, 1993
A man is attacked by a police dog during riots in downtown Johannesburg after the taxi industry instigated violence that lasted three days and brought the city to a halt.
© João Silva
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982
South Africa
Boipatong, 1992
Residents killed a man wrongly accused of being an Inkatha Freedom Party supporter, while the rest of the community prepared to bury more than 40 residents massacred by IFP warriors.
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982
South Africa
Boipatong, 1992
Residents killed a man wrongly accused of being an Inkatha Freedom Party supporter, while the rest of the community prepared to bury more than 40 residents massacred by IFP warriors.
© João Silva
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981
South Africa
Boipatong, 1992
Residents surrounded a man accused of being an Inkatha Freedom Party supporter before killing him, while the rest of the community prepared to bury more than 40 residents who had been massacred days earlier by IFP warriors.
© João Silva
981
South Africa
Boipatong, 1992
Residents surrounded a man accused of being an Inkatha Freedom Party supporter before killing him, while the rest of the community prepared to bury more than 40 residents who had been massacred days earlier by IFP warriors.
© João Silva
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980
South Africa
Boipatong, 1992
A Self Defense Unit stands guard at the entrance to Boipatong Township several days after a massacre which killed at least 40 residents.
© João Silva
980
South Africa
Boipatong, 1992
A Self Defense Unit stands guard at the entrance to Boipatong Township several days after a massacre which killed at least 40 residents.
© João Silva
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979
South Africa
Soweto, 1992
An Inkatha Freedom Party war party (Impi) crouching under fire as they prepare to board a train in Soweto after an IFP political rally. Commuters on trains became easy targets during the political violence in South Africa in the early 1990s.
© João Silva
979
South Africa
Soweto, 1992
An Inkatha Freedom Party war party (Impi) crouching under fire as they prepare to board a train in Soweto after an IFP political rally. Commuters on trains became easy targets during the political violence in South Africa in the early 1990s.
© João Silva
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978
South Africa
Johannesburg, 1991
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the then wife of Nelson Mandela, arrested during a protest.
© João Silva
978
South Africa
Johannesburg, 1991
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the then wife of Nelson Mandela, arrested during a protest.
© João Silva
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977
South Africa
Soweto, c. 1991
Nelson Mandela holds a press conference at Winnie Mandela’s home in Soweto several months after his release.
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977
South Africa
Soweto, c. 1991
Nelson Mandela holds a press conference at Winnie Mandela’s home in Soweto several months after his release.
© João Silva
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975
South Africa
Johannesburg, February 11, 1990
South Africans celebrate the release of Nelson Mandela after 27 years of imprisonment. In 1994 Mandela would become the first black president of South Africa.
© João Silva
975
South Africa
Johannesburg, February 11, 1990
South Africans celebrate the release of Nelson Mandela after 27 years of imprisonment. In 1994 Mandela would become the first black president of South Africa.
© João Silva
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976
South Africa
South Africa, Thokoza, 1990. Zulu women attacking another woman at the entrance to the Thokoza hostel which was home to several thousand Inkatha Freedom Party fighters in the early 1990s when violence escalated between the ANC, backed by the community, and the IFP, after the apartheid regime banned political parties.
© João Silva
976
South Africa
South Africa, Thokoza, 1990. Zulu women attacking another woman at the entrance to the Thokoza hostel which was home to several thousand Inkatha Freedom Party fighters in the early 1990s when violence escalated between the ANC, backed by the community, and the IFP, after the apartheid regime banned political parties.
© João Silva