June 1966

This is a photograph of my mother, on the right, standing in silent protest on behalf of the Black Sash Movement.
 
The Black Sash was a non-violent, liberal, white women's resistance organisation that was founded on 19 May 1955 in South Africa.
 
Members wore a black sash as a sign of mourning for the unjust laws.
 
They demonstrated by standing silently in protest at all the injustices of the time in Apartheid South Africa.
 
They were often harassed by the Security Police and after one demonstration, my mother in law, also a member, was followed to her car with photographs taken of the car and number plate. Members were also physically attacked.
 
The resistance movement came to an end with the dismantling of apartheid.
 
You can read more about it on Wikipedia
 
The sign reads

Is it nothing to all ye who pass by?  (Lamentation 1:12)