Full-Length Video

Feature Video

People with a coffin before the large political funeral of the Guguletu Seven
Gugulethu, Cape Town
March 15, 1986
Duration: 00:20:33

People: Howard Marawu, Mahlubandile Dziba

Description: The coffin of one of the young men is carried through a neighborhood in Nyanga, with people singing.

Short Clips

"They said I must go to the mortuary, to Salt River ... I identified my child there." 00:02:07
Description: Cynthia Ngewu, the mother of Christopher Piet, one of the "Gugulethu Seven," speaks about how she learned of her son's death.
People with a coffin before the large political funeral of the Guguletu Seven 00:20:33
Description: The coffin of one of the young men is carried through a neighborhood in Nyanga, with people singing.
Large crowd at Gugulethu Seven funeral and ceremony 00:03:48
Description: Mourners accompanying the coffin of one of the Gugulethu Seven converge into large procession. People are singing, and some carry ANC and Release Mandela signs. Funeral ceremony is addressed by Rev. Lesley Mabuza, and slogans are led by Mahlubandile Dziba. Many community leaders are present.