Zubeida Vallie | Martyrs, saints & sell-outs

Zubeida Vallie started photographing in the ‘80s while studying photography at Peninsula Technikon. As a struggle photographer, her images were snapped up by local and international NGOs as well as international news agencies. Her extensive photographic collections indicate an awareness of the role that women played in the anti -apartheid struggle as well turning points in the political landscape. She is currently a lecturer at CPUT, in the faculty of Informatics and Design.

Trevor Manuel with his then wife Lynne Matthews and son Govan on his release from detention. 1988

Trevor Manuel with his then wife Lynne Matthews and son Govan on his release from detention. 1988

Ebrahim Rasool at home with his parents on his release from detention. July 1988

Ebrahim Rasool at home with his parents on his release from detention. July 1988

A gagged journalist outside Independent Newspapers in Cape Town protesting against the draconian press laws during the Save the Press Campaign in 1989

A gagged journalist outside Independent Newspapers in Cape Town protesting against the draconian press laws during the Save the Press Campaign in 1989

Mary Burton, Bo Petersen (seated from second left) from the Black Sash amongst guest speakers at an End Conscription Campaign meeting in the Beattie Building at UCT.

Mary Burton, Bo Petersen (seated from second left) from the Black Sash amongst guest speakers at an End Conscription Campaign meeting in the Beattie Building at UCT.

ANC Women’s League Women’s Day meeting, community members commemorating women political prisoners at St. Francis Church Hall in Langa

ANC Women’s League Women’s Day meeting, community members commemorating women political prisoners at St. Francis Church Hall in Langa

Cheryl Carolus at a SWAPO solidarity meeting in Cape Town

Cheryl Carolus at a SWAPO solidarity meeting in Cape Town

Accompanied by prison personnel, political prisoners on their release from Robben Island prison, in Cape Town Harbour

Accompanied by prison personnel, political prisoners on their release from Robben Island prison, in Cape Town Harbour

Ashley Forbes amongst freed political prisoners disembarking at Cape Town harbour on their release from Robben Island prison. 1991

Ashley Forbes amongst freed political prisoners disembarking at Cape Town harbour on their release from Robben Island prison. 1991.

Student protesters overwhelmed by teargas on the University of the Western Cape campus, Bellville, Cape Town

Student protesters overwhelmed by teargas on the University of the Western Cape campus, Bellville, Cape Town

Youth protest, and barricades erected as a defence against police brutality, Belgravia Road, Athlone, Cape Town, 1985.

Youth protest, and barricades erected as a defence against police brutality, Belgravia Road, Athlone, Cape Town, 1985.

Cape Town March 13 September 1989

Cape Town March 13 September 1989

Father PJ Pearson in the church hall where the congregation were tear-gassed and attacked by police after the funerals of ANC members Robbie Waterwitch and Coline Williams

Father PJ Pearson in the church hall where the congregation were tear-gassed and attacked by police after the funerals of ANC members Robbie Waterwitch and Coline Williams

Trevor Manuel, Reggie September, Dullah Omar and others at a mass demonstration in Cape Town

Trevor Manuel, Reggie September, Dullah Omar and others at a mass demonstration in Cape Town

Activist June Esau in a celebrative mood at a mass meeting in Bonteheuwel Civic Centre in Cape Town

Activist June Esau in a celebrative mood at a mass meeting in Bonteheuwel Civic Centre in Cape Town

Benny Gool and Faried Esack with others at a Call of Islam protest at the General Post Office in Darling Street, Cape Town.

Benny Gool and Faried Esack with others at a Call of Islam protest at the General Post Office in Darling Street, Cape Town.

Mass protest for open beaches at Strand beach

Mass protest for open beaches at Strand beach.

Funeral of Ernest Payi in Nyanga in 1988

Funeral of Ernest Payi in Nyanga in 1988

Mass funeral at the Guguletu Cemetery

Mass funeral at the Guguletu Cemetery

Colleen Lombard and Zuraya Abass, two co-accused in the Yengeni Trial with family members at the Supreme/High Court

Protest march. From left: Elijah Barayi, Chris Hani, Jay Naidoo, Alan Boesak, Cyril Ramaphosa, Tony Yengeni

Protest march

Attorney Christine Berger, Colleen Lombard and (unknown) outside the Supreme / High Court during the Yengeni Trial