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Title: Woman protests army occupation, Soweto, 1985
Subject: Military occupation, Women--Political activity, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: A lone woman protests against the presence of troops in Soweto. Women played a significant role against the army's occupation of the townships. In Chesterville, a township near Durban, women patrolled the streets nightly to protect families from security force and vigilante harassment.
Identifier: islandora:909

Title: Sisulu and wife on his release from prison, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political prisoners--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Sisulu, Walter Max, Kathrada, A. M. (Ahmad M.),
Description: Walter Sisulu with his wife, Albertina, and Ahmed Kathrada, amongst others, at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12596

Title: Mrs Botha and Mrs Tshabalala, Soweto, 1984
Subject: Local government, Politicians' spouses, Botha, Elize, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Mrs Elize Botha, then wife of the state president, and Mrs Tshabalala, then wife of the mayor of Soweto, leave the town council building in August 1984 after then President and Mrs Botha were granted "the freedom of the township" in a ceremony derived from an old British tradition.
Identifier: islandora:884

Title: ANC rally for released political prisoners, Soweto, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa,
Description: Thousands of supporters attend an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, in Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12592

Title: Children's art exhibition, Soweto, 1975
Subject: Children's art--South Africa, Violence in art, South Africa--Social conditions, Art--South Africa, Winer Batch01,
Description: Children�s art exhibition depicting preoccupation with violence, Soweto, 1975. Artist unknown.
Identifier: islandora:12563

Title: COSATU living wage choir, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Entertainers--South Africa,
Description: COSATU living wage choir entertaining the crowd at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12603

Title: Pensioner votes for first time in her life, Soweto, South Africa
Subject: Political history--South Africa--Soweto, Elections--South Africa--Soweto, Democracy--South Africa--Soweto, Voting--South Africa--Soweto, Older people--South Africa--Soweto
Description: On the day before the official voting day for South Africa's first all-race elections, black pensioners cast their vote, the first time in their lives. Soweto, South Africa, 26 April 1994.
Identifier: islandora:5377

Title: Mother mourning her son's death, Soweto, 1987
Subject: Funeral service, Assassination, Political activists, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: On 16 July 1987, Peter Sello Motau, thirty-two years old, was gunned down in Swaziland by South African agents. Motau was a dedicated young activist who had joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1976, living in exile since his departure on Christmas Eve 1975. His mother is shown in this picture mourning his death at a severely restricted funeral in her home in Soweto.
Identifier: islandora:905

Title: Ahmed Kathrada, release of ANC prisoners, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Political leadership--South Africa, Political prisoners--South Africa, Kathrada, A. M. (Ahmad M.),
Description: Ahmed Kathrada arrives at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12612

Title: Children in Soweto, South Africa
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Recreation--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: Children playing on the street, early evening in Soweto
Identifier: islandora:930

Title: Malnourished child, Soweto, 1973
Subject: Malnutrition--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Clinics--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, Medical care--South Africa, Winer Batch01,
Description: Malnourished infant, post-natal clinic, Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto, 1973.
Identifier: islandora:12533

Title: Political leaders, release of prisoners, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Political leadership--South Africa, Sisulu, Walter Max, Mbeki, Govan, 1910-2001,
Description: From left, Murphy Morobe, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki, Oscar Mpheta, Ahmed Kathrada and Helen Joseph, at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12601

Title: Winter morning, Soweto, South Africa, circa 1980
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Landscapes--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: A winter morning in Soweto, Gauteng
Identifier: islandora:921

Title: Mhlaba, release of political prisoners, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Mhlaba, Raymond, 1920-,
Description: Raymond Mhlaba addressing thousands of supporters at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12597

Title: ANC rally for released political prisoners, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa,
Description: Thousands of supporters attend an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, in Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12591

Title: Sisulu on his release from prison, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Sisulu, Walter Max,
Description: Walter Sisulu salutes supporters at an ANC (African National Congress) rally on his release from prison, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12595

Title: Andrew Mlangeni, release of political prisoners, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Political leadership--South Africa, Political prisoners--South Africa, Mlangeni, Andrew,
Description: Andrew Mlangeni at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12602

Title: ANC rally for released political prisoners, Soweto, 1991
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa,
Description: Thousands of supporters attend an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, in Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12593

Title: Transit camp, Soweto
Subject: Poor women--South Africa, Older women--South Africa, Squatters--South Africa, Temporary housing--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Women with their belongings in a transit camp, Soweto, 1982.
Identifier: islandora:5778

Title: Sisulu, release of ANC prisoners, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Political leadership--South Africa, Political prisoners--South Africa, Sisulu, Walter Max,
Description: Walter Sisulu in front of the audience at an ANC (African National Congress) rally upon his release from prison, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12614

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