One of the important political events covered by Drum journalists and photographers in the 1950s was the 1952 Defiance Campaign in Johannesburg. People From All Over The Reef attend a mass Meeting to protest against unjust laws. The Benoni unit marches into 'Freedom Square' singing 'Mayibuye Africa,' and carrying banners with caricatures of Moroka and Dadoo.
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The defiance campaign covered by Drum, 1952
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South African History Online. (2011, March 28). The defiance campaign covered by Drum, 1952. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0054481
South African History Online (2011) 'The defiance campaign covered by Drum, 1952', South African History Online, 28 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0054481 (Accessed: 29 October 2026).
South African History Online, The defiance campaign covered by Drum, 1952 [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0054481, (accessed 29 October 2026).
"The defiance campaign covered by Drum, 1952." South African History Online, 28 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0054481. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "The defiance campaign covered by Drum, 1952." South African History Online. March 28, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0054481.
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