South African Youth Congress (SAYCO), Western Cape Region, Save Our Comrades: Don’t Let Them Hang, 1988. Offset litho poster printed at Allie’s Press, Cape Town, to highlight the plight of activists sentenced to death by the apartheid regime. Between 1961 and 1989, about 134 political prisoners were executed by the apartheid government at Pretoria Central Prison, now a museum. Capital punishment was abolished in South Africa in 1995. Artist(s) unknown. Collection: CHR/UWC-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives

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