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

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Burning truck, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Damaged delivery truck missing tires, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Burnt-out kombi, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Mac won't phail you' coal truck, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Delivery truck, burnt-out, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Burnt-out Putco bus, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Gutted car, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Landscape with burning Car, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Bus window, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Truck burning with crowd, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Burnt-out Putco bus, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Burning truck, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Destroyed truck, missing tires in front of house, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Bus in water, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Burning building, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Smoking building, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Destroyed bottle store, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Smoking building, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Looted store, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Firemen attending to burning building, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Destroyed school, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Street scene, aerial view, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Mimosa Cafe, damaged, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Destroyed building, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
People viewing damage to bottle store, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Destroyed shacks, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Alexandra police watching building burn, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Burning school, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Street scene, Alexandra. 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: "Black Power, Free Mandela," Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Poster: "Black Power, We Want Vorster Soon," Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Street scene, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd with poster: "Don't Shoot," Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd with poster: "Vorster and Kruger Shall not go to Heaven." June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Poster: "Warning!!! Don't go to work," Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Poster: "Voster (sic) and Kruger must go to Hell," Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd and police confrontation, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd with posters, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd with posters, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd with posters, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Man with cane leading Alexandra crowd towards police. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd with posters, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Police addressing crowd with bullhorn, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Police addressing crowd with bullhorn, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd with policeman, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd with posters, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Roadblocks, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd in front of houses, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Anxious Alexandra crowd, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Anxious Alexandra crowd, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd scattering, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd with poster 'My Baas.' June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Street crowd, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Police addressing crowd with bullhorn, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Street scene, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Woman throwing object, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Active crowd, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd with posters: "Today for us all." June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd with buckets and posters, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Crowd with bucket Close-up, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Children, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Teenagers posing on car, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Workers, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Small children posing in front of signs and house, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Looters with alcohol; note on picture: "... besig om drank ..." (... busy taking alcohol ...), Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Police convoy trucks [very unclear image]
Hostel inmates armed with sticks, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Men armed with sticks, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Wounded man, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Dead young man gunshot wound, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Dead young man, view from further away, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Dead young man, curled up, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Dead woman on street surrounded by police, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Dead woman with police officer, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Dead woman with police officer, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Man being led by police, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Man being held by police man, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Man dead amongst rubble, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Man dead in courtyard with police and African onlookers, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Police statement (20 July 1976) by Stefanus Lerm. Source: SAB K345, vol. 99
Police statement (4 August 1976) by Gert Slabbert. Source: SAB K345, vol. 99
Police statement (16 August 1976) by Theunis Jacobus Swanepoel. Source: SAB K345, vol. 99
Confidential police report (31 August 1976) about autopsies/deaths in Alexandra township, attention Maj. T. Baker, page 1. Source: SAB K345, vol. 99
Confidential police report (31 August 1976) about autopsies/deaths in Alexandra township, attention Maj. T. Baker. Source: SAB K345, vol. 99
Affidavit: Mokongo Daniel Thobejane (2 August 1976). Source: SAB K345, vol. 99
Statement (16 August 1976) by Willem de Klerk with explanation of movement of bodies. Source: SAB K345, vol. 99
Police statement (21 July 1976) by Khagoli Johannes Mothibe. Source: SAB K345, vol. 99
Police statement (July 1976) by John Siebert Wild. Source: SAB K345, vol. 99