White, black and red poster. State of Emergency declared. Copy of the Regulations in Terms of the Public Safety Act 1953. Black and white artwork of soldiers carrying machine guns.
Archive record
Bothas emergency: legalized murder

- Origin date
- 11 October 1984
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Bothas emergency: legalized murder. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117057
South African History Online (2016) 'Bothas emergency: legalized murder', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117057 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).
South African History Online, Bothas emergency: legalized murder [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117057, (accessed 21 July 2026).
"Bothas emergency: legalized murder." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117057. Accessed 21 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Bothas emergency: legalized murder." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117057.
Further reading
DISA Archive
Letter from Barney Pityana to Neville Curtis
Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
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