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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: Oral history interview with Fatiema Diedericks [ Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Forced removals, Oral history, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town, Diedericks, Fatiema
Description: District Six refers to a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. It is best known for the forced removal of over 60 000 of its residents by the apartheid government. This extensive sub-collection contains interviews from various projects conducted between 1985 and 2002. The majority of interviewees resided or worked in District Six prior to being forcibly removed. Themes include: children, the Coon Carnival, crime, resident’s experiences of relocation, gangs, household arrangements, jazz, marriage, mixed marriages across racial lines, music, nostalgia, recreation, religion, schooling, social and racial issues and work., Cwc2.47a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 29:39 min. ; interview 47 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18819

Title: Oral history interviews with Lungile Bam and Thetha Sithole, May 1997 [Part 2]
Subject: Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History
Description: Interviews with Lungile Bam and Thetha Sithole. Bam was a visual arts student and educator (both full-time) at the Community Arts Project (circa 1987-1997). Sithole was a theatre student and trustee at the Community Arts Project (1980-1990s). The interviews were conducted by Heidi Bolton and commissioned by Mario Pissarra for Community Arts Project 'Histories of CAP' project.
Identifier: islandora:31411

Title: Oral history interview with Elizabeth van Niekerk [Part 2 of 4]
Subject: Oral history, Harfield Village (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town, Van Niekerk, Elizabeth, ,
Description: Karen Daniels interviews Elizabeth van Niekerk, an ex-resident of Harfield Village, Cape Town. These interviews provide a very rich source or oral history regarding social life in Harfield Village and Claremont, as well as forced removals and their after-effects. Harfield Village, before the Group Areas Act, was a small mixed area of African, coloured and white inhabitants and was also known as "die vlak" by the locals. The themes included in the interviews are: inter-racial mixing and romanticisation of racial harmony, community and family relationships, religion - both Christian (Anglican, Methodist, Dutch Reformed) and Muslim (Harvey Road, Stegman Road and Main Road Mosques) - and schooling, leisure activities such as the Coon Carnival, music and jazz, shebeens and drinking. Class issues are discussed with reference to crime, gangs, "skollies", home ownership, rentals, incomes and employment. The physical, emotional and economic hardships endured by Harfield residents during and after the forced removals and the Group Areas Act are also discussed. Each interview in this collection contains a useful summary of the interview dynamics and the date of the interview., Forced removals, Cwc6.35b.mp3: Part 2 of 4 ; 30:38 min; interview 35 of 39
Identifier: islandora:24679

Title: Oral history interview with Noor Ariefdien [ Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Forced removals, Oral history, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town, Ariefdien, Noor
Description: District Six refers to a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. It is best known for the forced removal of over 60 000 of its residents by the apartheid government. This extensive sub-collection contains interviews from various projects conducted between 1985 and 2002. The majority of interviewees resided or worked in District Six prior to being forcibly removed. Themes include: children, the Coon Carnival, crime, resident’s experiences of relocation, gangs, household arrangements, jazz, marriage, mixed marriages across racial lines, music, nostalgia, recreation, religion, schooling, social and racial issues and work., Cwc2.16b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 15:17 min. ; interview 16 of 208
Identifier: islandora:12769

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: Oral history interview with Minnie Gool [ Part 2 of 4]
Subject: Forced removals, Oral history, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town, Gool, Minnie
Description: District Six refers to a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. It is best known for the forced removal of over 60 000 of its residents by the apartheid government. This extensive sub-collection contains interviews from various projects conducted between 1985 and 2002. The majority of interviewees resided or worked in District Six prior to being forcibly removed. Themes include: children, the Coon Carnival, crime, resident’s experiences of relocation, gangs, household arrangements, jazz, marriage, mixed marriages across racial lines, music, nostalgia, recreation, religion, schooling, social and racial issues and work., Cwc2.67b.mp3: Part 2 of 4 ; 29:40 min. ; interview 67 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18871

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

Title: Oral history interview with Boeta Ismail [ Part 2 of 4]
Subject: Forced removals, Oral history, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town, Ismail, Boeta
Description: District Six refers to a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. It is best known for the forced removal of over 60 000 of its residents by the apartheid government. This extensive sub-collection contains interviews from various projects conducted between 1985 and 2002. The majority of interviewees resided or worked in District Six prior to being forcibly removed. Themes include: children, the Coon Carnival, crime, resident’s experiences of relocation, gangs, household arrangements, jazz, marriage, mixed marriages across racial lines, music, nostalgia, recreation, religion, schooling, social and racial issues and work., Cwc2.81b.mp3: Part 2 of 4 ; 29:51 min. ; interview 81 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18915

Title: Oral history interview with Biddy Rasool [ Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Forced removals, Oral history, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town, Rasool, Biddy
Description: District Six refers to a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. It is best known for the forced removal of over 60 000 of its residents by the apartheid government. This extensive sub-collection contains interviews from various projects conducted between 1985 and 2002. The majority of interviewees resided or worked in District Six prior to being forcibly removed. Themes include: children, the Coon Carnival, crime, resident’s experiences of relocation, gangs, household arrangements, jazz, marriage, mixed marriages across racial lines, music, nostalgia, recreation, religion, schooling, social and racial issues and work., Cwc2.136b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 28:51 min. ; interview 136 of 208
Identifier: islandora:24513

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: Oral history interviews with Billy Mandindi and Thetha Sithole, May 1997 [Part 2]
Subject: Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History
Description: Interviews with Billy Mandindi and Thetha Sithole. Mandindi was a visual arts student at the Community Arts Project (1980s-1990s). Sithole was a theatre student and trustee at the Community Arts Project (1980-1990s). The interviews were conducted by Heidi Bolton and commissioned by Mario Pissarra for Community Arts Project 'Histories of CAP' project.
Identifier: islandora:31413

Title: Suite francaise (2. Bretagne)
Subject: Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974. Suite française, Suites (Band), Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: UCT Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Identifier: islandora:28706

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: 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

Title: Oral history interview with Hassan Howa [Part 2 of 4]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Discrimination in sports--South Africa, Sports--Political aspects--South Africa, Racism in sports--South Africa, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Howa, Hassan
Description: This is a series of unrelated interviews from the period 1985-1990 with people involved in different spheres of political life in Africa, with particular reference to the politics of South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Zambia and the Congo. Interviewees include, Jane Gool, Hassan Howa, Hosea Jaffe, I.B. Tabata, Jack Cope and Otillie Abrahams. Themes include: African National Congress (ANC) training camps, anti-discrimination in sport, life in exile in Botswana and Namibia, gender empowerment , the history of St. Francis, Langa in the Western Cape, Non-European Unity Movement (NUEM), political upheaval in Kenya, rural life and work and the South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO), Pin4.23b.mp3: Part 2 of 4 ; 32:22 min. ; interview 23 of 52
Identifier: islandora:25873

Title: Soetwater Resort development, Phase 2
Subject: South Africa ; Western Cape, Province of the ; Cape Town, Seaside resorts, Campgrounds, Soetwater Resort (South Africa), Resort development--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Soetwater Resort, Cape Town, Western Cape. Group camp development plan showing new contours, new security fence and gate positions, and new tree positions., plan: scale 1:250
Identifier: islandora:22740

Title: Oral history interview with Thembeki Solomon Somdaka [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., Pin7.14b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 22:57 min. ; interview 14 of 16
Identifier: islandora:22564

Title: Oral history interview with Mr P.W. McMinn [Part 2 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--South Africa--Interviews, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, South African
Description: This sub-collection centres on the diverse war experiences of the interviewees, mainly in in North Africa, Italy and South Africa. It contains information about prisoner of war experiences in Italy and Germany and repatriation through the Port of Odessa in 1945. Themes include: 1948 elections in South Africa, desert warfare at El Alamain, entry into the armed forces, family background, war experiences in Mogadishu and Normandy, post-war politics in South Africa, the psychological effects of war, schooling; war and women's employment in the armed forces., Pin5.13b.mp3: Part 2 of 3 ; 31:58 min. ; interview 13 of 19
Identifier: islandora:25009

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