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Mannetjie, didn't they tell you? Cadets maak malletjies

Theme: The End Conscription Campaign


Call Number: 0064
Identifier: AL2446_0064
Title: Mannetjie, didn't they tell you? Cadets maak malletjies
Date: 1985
Subject: Images of Defiance- IOD;
Conscription;
End Conscription Campaign - ECC;
Youth
Description: This poster is silkscreened black, red and yellow, produced by the ECC at STP, Cape Town. This poster was produced as a warning about the long-term implications of cadet training in schools. The text reads: "Mannetjie, didn't they tell you? Cadets maak malletjies". This poster was digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 132 (number 233) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition. It also appears on page 137 of “Red on Black: The Story of the South African Poster Movement”, SAHA / STE Publishers, 2007, as well as the SAHA virtual exhibition - 'The Future is Ours: Commemorating Youth in the Struggle'.
Creator: Produced by the End Conscription Campaign (ECC) at the Screen Training Project (STP)
Type: Poster
Format: Access image – jpeg
Preservation image – tiff
Source: SAHA collection AL2446
Language: English and Afrikaans
Coverage: South Africa
Rights: Copyright of some materials are held by individual postermakers/organisations. Copyright restrictions may apply. See SAHA copyright statement for more information.
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