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Title: Oral history interview with Vincent Kolbe, a jazz pianist [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Kolbe, Vincent, Jazz musicians--South Africa--Western Cape-- Interviews, Pianist--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews,
Description: This is one interview in a collection of interviews composed of the life histories of twenty Cape Town jazz musicians. Some of the themes explored are the effects of apartheid in the music scene in the 1950's and 1960's; priorities of recording labels; music reception across social groupings in District Six and the extensive influence of American jazz. Music genres referred to span big band, the avant garde, bebop, dance, jive, marabi, township jazz, goema and Latin., Amu1.11a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:54 min ; interview 11 of 23
Identifier: islandora:24580

Title: Oral history interview with Nomalady Beatrice Bavuma [Part 2 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., Pin8.01b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 24:55 min. ; interview 1 of 17
Identifier: islandora:22568

Title: Oral history interview with Thandeka Beauty Manxiwa [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., Pin8.04a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:36 min. ; interview 4 of 17
Identifier: islandora:29645

Title: Oral history interview with Ray Alexander [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Simons, R. E. (Ray Esther)
Description: This sub-collection of interviews with political activists includes themes such as African National Congress (ANC) party politics, ANC underground training in Angola and Soviet Union, Jabulani Nobleman 'Mzala' Nxumalo, 1980s schools boycotts and the United Democratic Front(UDF). Interviewees include Gertrude Fester, Joe Marks, Lizo Ngqugwana, and Ray Alexander. Date of the interview is unknown., Pin6.01a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 46:30 min. ; interview 9 of 10
Identifier: islandora:19448

Title: Bladder cancer 2
Description: Calcium encrusted bladder tumour
Identifier: islandora:30701

Title: Oral history interview with Achmad Cassiem, a political activist and prisoner on Robben Island [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso, Political activists--South Africa--Biography, Pan Africanist Congress--History, South Africa--Politics and government--1961-1978, Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa--History, Government, Resistance to--South Africa,
Description: The interviews in this collection focus on the life history of Robert Sobukwe, teacher, lecturer, lawyer, secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) Branch in Standerton and first president of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). Interviewees include Achmat Cassiem (activist and Robben Island prisoner), Benjamin Pogrund (author of his autobiography), Charmaine van Tonder (Robert Sobukwe's neighbour) and Dinilesizwe Sobukwe (Robert Sobukwe's son). Themes include: the controversy regarding his burial; the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC); reflections on his funeral; his life on Robben Island; Sobukwe as a father; the Sharpeville Massacre and his work at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) . This sub-collection originated as research for the Albert Luthuli Young Historians award 2010., Pin13.01a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 47:02 min. ; interview 1 of 5
Identifier: islandora:19438

Title: Oral history interview with Vincent Kolbe, a jazz pianist [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Kolbe, Vincent, Jazz musicians--South Africa--Western Cape-- Interviews, Pianist--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews,
Description: This is one interview in a collection of interviews composed of the life histories of twenty Cape Town jazz musicians. Some of the themes explored are the effects of apartheid in the music scene in the 1950's and 1960's; priorities of recording labels; music reception across social groupings in District Six and the extensive influence of American jazz. Music genres referred to span big band, the avant garde, bebop, dance, jive, marabi, township jazz, goema and Latin., Amu1.11b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 32:20 min ; interview 11 of 23
Identifier: islandora:24581

Title: Oral history interview with Cheryl Carolus [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, United Democratic Front (South Africa), Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Interviews, Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government, ,
Description: The United Democratic Front (UDF) was established as a non-racial anti-apartheid coalition in 1983. The interviews in this collection deal with the formation and impact of the UDF in the Western Cape in the 1980s. Themes include: community based organisations affiliated to the UDF; effects of apartheid; key figures involved with the UDF (including: Cheryl Carolus, Lionel Louw, Sydney Luckett, Phyllis Orner); religious affiliation; role of the UDF in the community; trade unions. These interviews originate from research conducted for the Albert Luthuli Young Historians Award 2008., Por6.01a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 01:03:24 min. ; interview 1 of 6
Identifier: islandora:24447

Title: Proposed fishing harbour at Kalk Bay : report of Arthur Cameron Hurtzig. Appendix No. 2, Part of Admiralty chart of False Bay
Subject: False Bay (Western Cape, South Africa)--Maps,
Description: A nautical chart of False Bay, showing the coastline and the Cape Peninsula with roads, place names, rivers, heights and relief. Some colour. No scale given.
Identifier: islandora:25173

Title: Oral history interview with Elizabeth Gaywood, Chairperson of the Tibet Society of South Africa [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Tibet Autonomous Region (China), Tibet Society of South Africa
Description: After the Chinese Civil War, China incorporated Tibet into mainland China in 1950. This affirmed Chinese sovereignty over the region, but granted it autonomy. The 14th Dalai Lama repudiated this agreement and established a rival government in exile. This project uses the poetry and politics of pro-Tibet activists in South Africa to explore the styles and temporal modes through their narratives. Themes include: Buddhism; generating compassion; key figures; Office of Tibet; political consciousness; religious experiences; religious teachers; Tibet Society of South Africa., Pin12.01a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 56:52 min.; interview 1 of 2
Identifier: islandora:19434

Title: Oral history interview with Meggy Nkohla [Part 2 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., Pin8.12b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 22:59 min. ; interview 12 of 17
Identifier: islandora:29662

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Prince Albert 2, Prince Albert, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting of 2 animal figures, possibly horses in red with what is possibly graffiti in white.
Identifier: islandora:21596

Title: 140/81 looking south [Erasmus Damn Drakensberg No 2 Location]
Subject: Botany--South Africa, Plants--South Africa,
Identifier: islandora:9507

Title: U.C.Tattle, v.5(2), 18 August 1938
Identifier: islandora:7581

Title: Oral history interview with Monty Weber, a drummer [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Weber, Monty, Jazz musicians--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews, Drummer--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews,
Description: This is one interview in a collection of interviews composed of the life histories of twenty Cape Town jazz musicians. Some of the themes explored are the effects of apartheid in the music scene in the 1950's and 1960's; priorities of recording labels; music reception across social groupings in District Six and the extensive influence of American jazz. Music genres referred to span big band, the avant garde, bebop, dance, jive, marabi, township jazz, goema and Latin., Amu1.22a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:29 min ; interview 22 of 23
Identifier: islandora:24621

Title: PUJ 2
Description: R Pelviureteric junction stenosis with obstruction only at high urine flow. Male
Identifier: islandora:30891

Title: Oral history interview with Wes 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., Pin7.13a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 29:38 min. ; interview 13 of 16
Identifier: islandora:22555

Title: Drakensberg location No 2. looking east south east to road to Solitude Sky live in southern boundary of Key Area. May be 2829DD
Subject: Botany--South Africa, Plants--South Africa, ,
Identifier: islandora:9255

Title: NoÃ«l Robb with 2 clients at Athlone Advice Office
Subject: Black Sash Advice Office
Description: Black Sash member, NoÃ«l Robb, with two clients at Athlone Advice Office in Mowbray
Identifier: islandora:7959

Title: Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay: shewing position of 3 proposed batteries & 2 martello towers; also of usual anchorage for shipping
Subject: Algoa Bay (South Africa) -- Maps., Port Elizabeth (South Africa) -- Maps., Port Elizabeth (South Africa) -- History, Military -- 19th century. -- Maps., Fortification -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Maps.
Description: Manuscript map showing Port Elizabeth, Betheldorp [Bethelsdorp], Salt Lake, Cradock Town Mill, Chelsea Point, Cape Recife and Thunderbolt Reef. The map also indicates the sites of beacons, the powder magazine, the cemetry, the old fishery and topographical features from the Zwartkops River in the north to Cape Recife in the south., "Traced by George Simmons ... 25/4/62.", Scale in cables and sea miles., Map marked C 40 No 4.
Identifier: islandora:19687

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