Last Moments
Photograph
Last Moments
Sabotage in South Africa
1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 5/8 × 6 9/16 in. (24.4 × 16.7 cm)
Paper: 10 1/8 × 7 15/16 in. (25.7 × 20.1 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0310
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (S. Africa) 7/62 21) LAST MOMENTS: Women of the Black Sash stand vigil around \ the "Flame of Freedom" just before extinguishing it before the \ Johannesburg City Hall \ Despite daily protest for some three weeks, / the Sabotage Bill was passed by the South African Assembly. It \ gives President Verwoerd the widest police powers in the country's \ peace-time history. \ Credit: Ian Berry © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
