Sergeant Edward Louw was a police officer at the Sophiatown Police Station during the 1960s.
As the co-founder of South Africa’s first firearms association for Black people he helped combat gang violence.
To commemorate his contributions, his grandson, Angelo Louw, has donated his archive.
Award-winning activist and documentarian Angelo Louw has donated his grandfather s archive to the Trevor Huddleston Memorial Centre, to commemorate the notorious policeman s contribution to the history of Sophiatown.
Louw s grandfather, Sergeant Edward Louw, joined the police force at the Sophiatown Police Station to combat gang violence that erupted in the 1960s. Sgt Louw was also a co-founder of South Africa s first firearms association for Black people.