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Bongani Lubisi's funeral, November 2005

Theme: Electricity & energy


Call Number: B11.5.2.4
Identifier: AL3290_B11.5.2.4
Title: Bongani Lubisi's funeral, November 2005
Date: 26 November 2005
Subject: Activists;
Anti-Privatisation Forum - APF;
Bongani Lubisi;
Funerals;
Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee - SECC;
Townships
Description: This is a digital born photograph of a part of the crowd attending Bongani Lubisi's funeral. In November 2005, one of the Anti-Privatisation Forum's (APF's) leading activists and the organiser of the APF Affiliate - the Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee (SECC) - Bongani Lubisi died after a short illness. In the long-held liberation struggle tradition, Bongani's funeral which took place at a community hall in Soweto, became a political event with most APF community affliates in attendance as well as many Soweto residents. Included in SAHA virtual exhibition - 'Transition's Child: The Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF)'
Creator: Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF)
Type: Photograph
Format: Access image - jpg
Source: SAHA collection AL3290
Coverage: Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa
Rights: Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF)
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