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Title: Desmond Tutu, Cape Town, 2000
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Tutu, Desmond, Truth and Lies,
Description: Desmond Tutu, formerly Archbishop, at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) headquarters, Cape Town, South Africa, 2000.
Identifier: islandora:795

Title: Breyten Breytenbach and his family, Cape Town
Subject: Breytenbach, Breyten, Anti-apartheid activists, Political activists, Apartheid era, Families--South Africa
Description: Breyten Breytenbach with family at Cape Town docks
Identifier: islandora:14847

Title: ANC refugees, South Africa, 1994
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, Refugees--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, History--Political aspects--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)--Social conditions, Best of Marinovich
Description: A family carry their belongings home after months in a refugee camp for African National Congress (ANC) supporting families from the Sonkombo area from which they had fled months earlier because of attacks by rival Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Sonkombo, KwaZulu-Natal, 1994.
Identifier: islandora:1199

Title: Young newspaper vendor, Cape Town
Subject: Child labor--South Africa, Poor children--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Newspaper vendors--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: A child newspaper vendor stands barefoot, ready to begin the day's work before sunrise.
Identifier: islandora:5726

Title: Mandela returns to Robben Island with fellow Rivonia treason trialists, South Africa
Subject: Ex-convicts--South Africa--Robben Island, Apartheid--South Africa--Robben Island, Political history--South Africa--Robben Island, Prisons--South Africa--Robben Island
Description: Nelson Mandela and his fellow convicted Rivonia treason trialists, all former political prisoners on Robben Island, return to the island on the fourth anniversary of Mandela's release from jail. Here they are pictured in the quarry in which the black prisoners were made to dig out lime daily. Some say Mandela's eyes were damaged by the lime dust. Cape Town, South Africa, 11 February 1994.
Identifier: islandora:5374

Title: Winnie Mandela speaks to Omar Dullah, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Omar, Dullah, Politicians--South Africa, Post-apartheid era
Description: Controversial: Mrs Winnie Mandela, in the centre of controversy over her West African trip and the police investigations against her. Dullah Omar and Winnie Mandela.
Identifier: islandora:14750

Title: Protest, Johannesburg, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Demonstrations--South Africa--Johannesburg, Blacks--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: A protest gathering at Jabulani Amphitheatre, Johannesburg, 1990.
Identifier: islandora:1431

Title: Oral history interview with Miriam Siyaka [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Alcohol--Government policy--South Africa
Description: This project spans three sub-collections. This case study in Langa in the Western Cape examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: African traditional beer (umqombothi), anti-government protests, discriminatory laws, the Eastern Cape, government beer halls, government policy with respect to alcohol, hostels, housing, migrant labour, racialised spaces, the 1976 riots, shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold) and the smuggling of alcohol by residents., Pin7.12a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:49 min. ; interview 12 of 16
Identifier: islandora:22557

Title: Mandela waving from former prison cell, Robben Island, South Africa
Subject: Ex-presidents--South Africa--Robben Island, Ex-convicts--South Africa--Robben Island, Apartheid--South Africa--Robben Island, Political history--South Africa--Robben Island, Prisons--South Africa--Robben Island
Description: Nelson Mandela waves cheerfully from his former prison cell on Robben Island, four years after he was freed from jail by apartheid authorities. He spent more than two decades at Robben Island prison. Cape Town, South Africa, 11 February 1994.
Identifier: islandora:5373

Title: Pollsmoor Prison March, Cape Town, 1985
Subject: Student protesters, Demonstrations, Police brutality, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Police attack youths early in the morning on the day of the Pollsmoor Prison March. United Democratic Front (UDF) leaders had called upon people to march to Pollsmoor Prison in August 1985 to demand the release of Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners. The students were also protesting against the state's education system, which offered blacks inferior education.
Identifier: islandora:890

Title: Nelson Mandela sits next to his wife and waves to supporters, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists
Description: Nelson and Winnie Mandela
Identifier: islandora:14410

Title: Winnie Mandela outside the hospital after seeing her husband, Nelson Mandela, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists
Description: Winnie Mandela smiles broadly after seeing her husband in hospital this morning amid speculation that he may be freed by Pretoria.
Identifier: islandora:14402

Title: Dr. Jan Dommisse waves to his supporters, Cape Town
Subject: Dommisse, Jan, Politicians--South Africa, Apartheid era, Elections
Description: Victorious Dr. Jan Dommisse (left) who held Sea Point for the United Party in spite of determined efforts from the Progressive Party, waves to supporters after his win by 974 votes had been announced.
Identifier: islandora:14683

Title: Call of Islam meeting
Subject: Muslim organisationsNon-governmental organizations--South Africa, Religious institutions--South Africa, Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa
Description: South African anti-apartheid activists, Trevor Manuel and Farid Esack, at a Call of Islam meeting. Call of Islam is a non-governmental organisation (NGO), founded by South African Muslim activists in 1984.
Identifier: islandora:8309

Title: People give the thumbs up sign, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Discrimination, ,
Description: Passive resisters - Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15801

Title: Young pallbearers, Cape Town, 1985
Subject: Funeral service, Pallbearers, Police shootings, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Young pallbearers, in school uniforms, stand at solemn attention at the funeral of three boys killed in the "Trojan Horse incident", when police, armed with pump-action shotguns and hiding in the back of a van, opened fire on a crowd in a residential street in Athlone, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:902

Title: Election violence, South Africa, 1995
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Umlazi, Political violence--South Africa--Umlazi, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Umlazi, Zulu (African people)--Clothing, Best of Marinovich
Description: An Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporting chief fires into houses during an IFP rally in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal, 1995.
Identifier: islandora:1200

Title: Singqokwana Malgas, New Brighton township, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Singqokwana Malgas was an African National Congress (ANC) veteran who had been imprisoned on Robben Island for fourteen years. While he was in prison, Malgas's house had been repeatedly firebombed and one of his sons had been killed. At the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) he described his ordeal of torture at the hands of the security police. Malgas told the TRC that he would like to tell his torturers, 'If we were only going to get freedom over our dead bodies, I'd like to make them aware we've got freedom.'
Identifier: islandora:796

Title: Mrs. Josephine Msweli, KwaSokhulu, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Josephine Msweli, Sappi Gum Tree forest, where her son, Simon, was murdered, 1997. Mrs. Msweli's family were African National Congress (ANC) sympathisers and were repeatedly attacked by members of Inkatha. Two of her sons were killed during separate attacks. She testified to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that her son Simon and his friend had been kidnapped and taken to the Sappi Gum Tree forest where they were killed. She said the boys had been abducted by members of the stability unit and the KwaZulu police. She wanted the perpetrators to come forward so that she could establish why they did what they did and so that she could give them a piece of her mind before she would forgive them.
Identifier: islandora:755

Title: Oral history interview with Robert Makabulana
Subject: Oral history, Labor unions--Social aspects--South Africa, Economic conditions--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Labor union members--South Africa--Interviews
Description: The interviews trace the working lives and political consciousness of three people involved with trade unions in industry. Themes include: Combined Workers Union, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), family background, gender discrimination, job reservation, student activism 1976-1985, shop stewards, political consciousness, working conditions, working environment and the 1980 school boycotts., Por3.02.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 29:24 min. ; interview 2 of 4
Identifier: islandora:25030

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