Pretoria, South Africa, 1994 - Members of the militant, white supremacist Afrikaner Resistance Movement, known by the acronym AWB, paraded in support of establishing a white "homeland", harking back to the Boer republics of the nineteenth century. Ventersdorp, South Africa, 1994 - The AWB considered the apartheid government too liberal and promoted an extreme version of Afrikaner nationalism. The symbol of the AWB’s elite paramilitary unit, known as the Iron Guard, bore a strong resemblance to the Nazi swastika. Ventersdorp, South Africa, 1994 – An AWB rally to promote violence and vigilantism. In an attempt to forestall South Africa's first non-racial, democratic election in 1994 it disrupted mainstream political meetings and waged a terrorist bombing campaign. Mafikeng, Bophuthatswana, 1994 - AWB commandos invaded the semi-autonomous "homeland" of Bophuthatswana, murdering several citizens. In the counter-attack, a car with three AWB officers was fired upon. The driver was killed immediately and the two others shot dead as they tried to surrender. Johannesburg, South Africa, 1994 - At an anti-apartheid rally, a protester climbed a monument honoring Afrikaner settlers. For Black South Africans, the memorial symbolized colonialism, racism and apartheid. #archive #southafrica