Home

1991 Foreword testing 2 Context Background Introducing oral history Origins The Birth of the Bill of Rights Introduction The context Origins of the trade union movement Locations before Tembisa - pre-1957 Background Representations of women Commemorating Youth in the Struggle A Shifty Story 2015 FOREWORD 2004 Preface Testing 1 Goals The value of oral history Botha's Deal Life Military Cooperation A 'new home for struggle'Early developments Early mineworkers' struggles Women's Charter Establishment of Tembisa The Future is Ours Shifty Characters AUTHOR'S REFLECTIONS Mogopa Making posters in South Africa Struggles for Peace Approaching the past Equality Nuclear Collaboration Documenting the APF Recruitment Trade unions in the 1930s and 1940s Women's March 1956 The quiescent & prosperous 1960s Against Bantustans Origins of youth struggle Singing for a just peace Our fathers dwelt together in peace Braklaagte Medu posters: Images from exile A Cultural Collective Interview tips Against BLAs Human Dignity Swiss Engagement The WCAR, WSSD & SMI Military operations The call for a non-racial union Black Consciousness Leading women Entertainment: late 1950s - 1960s From the Shop Floor White Workers!Driefontein Politics International Solidarity Writing history Freedom and Security Electricity & energy Rhodesian attacks Soweto Uprising 1976 The revival of black politics Fighting for independence Consumer Boycotts Tightening the noose with labour reforms Peoples' Poets Battle of the Bantu Labour A State of Emergency States of emergency Nkosi Albert Luthuli Young Historians' Prize Slavery, Servitude and Forced Labour Water Women in detention Development of competing political ideologies Regional alliances The birth of FOSATU Death of Biko Radio Silence Class of '44 Community: Azikhwelwa Success Enrichment for educators Repressing Leadership Freedom of Expression Labour Unity for workers' struggles Women in the UDF Tembisa in the 1980s - Civic structures International solidarity Crackdown!Rise of boerepunks Natural Allies Education: Each one, teach one 25 Years On People's Power Assembly, Demonstration, Picket and Petition Elections COSATU unites!Student politics in the 1980s Life in the refugee camps Women fighting racism and sexism Children in detention Voelvry: the legacy Tomorrow It's Going To Be You Militarisation & Repression Attacks on the UDF Freedom of Association Housing COSATU strikes back!Women resist triple oppression Underground operatives in the 1980s Administration and leadership Youth on death row James Phillips Against The Common Enemy Culture Women Political Rights Community struggles Mother, woman: the Revolution is you Women and the struggle for liberation Women's brigade COSATU attacks!Militarisation of South Africa Shifty Spaces The Shape of Things To Come Afterword Workers Citizenship Xenophobia COSATU takes on civil strife End Conscription!Women forward!Gille de Vlieg 1980 Elections Shifty Stable The Freedom Front Students Freedom of Movement and Residence World Cup 2010 Liberation before education!Women's duty to build the nation Political funerals in the 1980s Post-independence politics Strengthening global support Shifty catalogue Dynamic & Irresistible Force Defiance Freedom of Trade, Occupation and Profession The decline Crushing the Labour Relations Act Tembisa township: post-1990 About Zenzo Nkobi We thank the women Youth Comrades!Shifty September Against White Domination & Black Domination Victory Labour Relations The impact Defiance through mass action Meet the interviewees Guide for educators The education crisis continues Shifty Education The Lull Environment People's Education Wall of Thanks Black Man, You're On Your Own Property Youth unites: SAYCO Then Who Is Our Enemy?Housing Re-launching ANCYL A Very Obvious Contradiction Health care, food, water and social services Most I Can Do Is To Be The Least Obstruction Children's rights Elders Education We Are Convinced Now Access to Information In The Spirit Of The Nation In The Making Arrested, detained and accused persons Isn't That What We Are Fighting For Privacy Straddling Both Camps Just Administrative Action Whole Pyramid Is Shaking Access to Courts The Movement is Very Big Now Educational Resources Future In The Present

Timeline Glossary Links Copyright

TROOPS OUT OF THE TOWNSHIPS : NO APARTHEID WAR

Theme: Into the states of emergency

Call Number:	2549
Identifier:	AL2446_2549
Title:	TROOPS OUT OF THE TOWNSHIPS : NO APARTHEID WAR
Date:	1984
Subject:	Images of Defiance- IOD; Conscription; End Conscription Campaign - ECC; Townships; Youth
Description:	This poster is silkscreened black and red, produced by the ECC in 1984, Johannesburg. This poster was produced to protest the presence of troops in the townships. The text reads: "TROOPS OUT OF THE TOWNSHIPS : NO APARTHEID WAR". This poster was digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 135 (number 238) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition. It has also been included in the SAHA virtual exhibition - 'The Future is Ours: Commemorating Youth in the Struggle'. A similar poster can be found on page 155 of “Red on Black: The Story of the South African Poster Movement”, SAHA / STE Publishers, 2007.
Creator:	Produced by the End Conscription Campaign (ECC) at the Screen Training Project (STP)
Type:	Poster
Format:	Access image - jpeg Preservation image - tiff
Source:	SAHA collection AL2446
Language:	English
Coverage:	South Africa
Rights:	Copyright of some materials are held by individual postermakers/organisations. Copyright restrictions may apply. See SAHA copyright statement for more information.

Leave a Comment

Please share your views or anecdotes, particularly if you were present or affected by the events described in this poster, photograph or document.

© SAHA 2025 Disclaimer Privacy Policy