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Title: Oral history interview with Aggrey Mazwi Mbicini [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., Pin8.07a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:47 min. ; interview 7 of 17
Identifier: islandora:29672

Title: Oral history interview with Joe Marks [Part 2 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Marks, Joe
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., Pin6.04b.mp3: Part 2 of 3 ; 30:56 min. ; interview 3 of 10
Identifier: islandora:19457

Title: Oral history interview with Jerome Nell and Clifford Cox [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 Windermere/Kensington in the Western Cape focuses on the coloured residents of the area and examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: discriminatory laws, government policy, housing, racialised spaces and the smuggling of alcohol by residents and shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold)., Pin9.12b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 28:13 min. ; interview 12 of 15
Identifier: islandora:29640

Title: Oral history interview with Stoto Zibi, a jazz saxophonist [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Zibi, Jospeh Stoto, Jazz musicians--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews, Saxophonist--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., Amu1.23b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 31:44 min ; interview 23 of 23
Identifier: islandora:24629

Title: Oral history interview with Lizo Ngqungwana [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Ngqungwana, Lizo
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., Pin6.09b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 04:10 min. ; interview 8 of 10
Identifier: islandora:19473

Title: Oral history interview with Donovan Roebert [Part 2 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., Pin12.02b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ;01:13:46 min.; interview 2 of 2
Identifier: islandora:19431

Title: Oral history interview with Joseph Stoto Zibi [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., Pin7.16a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:16 min. ; interview 16 of 16
Identifier: islandora:22561

Title: Oral history interview with Mr and Mrs Howie [Part 2 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--South Africa--Interviews, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, South African, World War, 1939-1945--Women--Interviews
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., Pin5.11b.mp3: Part 2 of 3 ; 31:50 min. ; interview 11 of 19
Identifier: islandora:24968

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Ruiterbosch 2, Hartenbos, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting of human figures, possibly female in procession in red. They are seen with digging sticks. There are other figures, possibly male also in red. This photograph is a close-up image of the figures in iziko_slides_269
Identifier: islandora:21696

Title: Oral history interview with Jack Cope [Part 2 of 4]
Subject: Oral history, Authors, South African--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Cope, Jack, 1913-1991
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), Pin4.18b.mp3: Part 2 of 4 ; 48:09 min. ; interview 18 of 52
Identifier: islandora:25822

Title: Oral history interview with Elizabeth Theunissen, a survivor of the St. James Church massacre [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, St. James Church (Kenilworth, South Africa), Forgiveness--South Africa, Reconciliation, ,
Description: On the 25th July 1993, four operatives of the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA), the armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) attacked St James Church in Kenilworth, Cape Town, during a Sunday evening service. Approximately one hundred congregants were inside the Church. During the attack, the congregants were fired on with automatic weapons and two hand grenades were thrown into the Church. Eleven members of the congregation died and fifty-eight were injured. This research explores the intra- and inter-personal tensions within the testimonies of survivors on the process of forgiveness and reconciliation. Themes include: the amnesty application by the APLA cadets to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC); personal responses to trauma; memories of the event; Christian beliefs in context of personal trauma; congregational mapping; political violence and the public and personal processes of forgiveness., Pol2.06.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 01:03:47 min. ; interview 6 of 6
Identifier: islandora:24444

Title: Oral history interview with Nomalady Beatrice Bavuma [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., Pin8.01a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:46 min. ; interview 1 of 17
Identifier: islandora:22567

Title: Oral history interview with Winifred Mathabatha [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., Pin8.05a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 30:31 min. ; interview 5 of 17
Identifier: islandora:29647

Title: Oral history interview with Brian Eggelsohn, a bassist [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Egglesohn, Brian, Jazz musicians--South Africa--Western Cape-- Interviews, Bassist--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., Amu1.04a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 32:09 min ; interview 4 of 23
Identifier: islandora:24584

Title: Map of the District of Matatiela, sheet no. 2
Subject: Matatiele (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, Surveying--South Africa, Land use--South Africa--Matatiele (Eastern Cape),
Description: Map od the District of Matatiela showing locations, district boundaries, commonages, names of places, location reserves, field cornetcies, roads, and rivers. Scale 1 English mile to 1 inch.
Identifier: islandora:30009

Title: Oral history interview with Essop Pahad [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Pahad, Essop
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), Pin4.41a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 01:12:08 min. ; interview 41 of 52
Identifier: islandora:29689

Title: Oral history interview with Lizo Ngqungwana [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Ngqungwana, Lizo
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., Pin6.09a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:40 min. ; interview 8 of 10
Identifier: islandora:19472

Title: Oral history interview with Mrs Thuisiers [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Interviews, Civil rights movements--South Africa, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Colored people (South Africa)--Political activity, South Africa--Politics and government--1909-1948
Description: The interviews in this collection cover a wide range of topics linked to coloured identity, political organisations and activities in South Africa during the 1940s and post-1948 era. It includes information on protest actions, the defiance campaign, the torch commando, boycotts and train resistance efforts following the 1948 National Party election. Themes include the Anti-Coloured Affairs Department movement (Anti-CAD), civic organisations, education and welfare, the introduction of the Group Areas Act, political parties, race and class issues, the removal of coloured men from the national voters roll in 1956 and the Unity Movement., Pin3.09b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 13:34 min. ; interview 9 of 11
Identifier: islandora:19411

Title: Oral history interview with Ushane Malik Mthongana [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Gun Free South Africa (Organization), Gun control--South Africa
Description: Gun Free South Africa is an advocacy group formed in 1994 with the aim of building a safer country through the reduction of firearms in society. In association with "Gun Free South Africa", the interviewer focuses on youth activists and young members of the community sharing their experiences of gun violence and opinions on gun control. Themes include: biographical information; civic organisations; community involvement; crime and organisational affiliations., Por1.02b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 02:11 min. ; interview 2 of 6
Identifier: islandora:24639

Title: Oral history interview with Miriam Siyaka [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., Pin7.12b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 32:03 min. ; interview 12 of 16
Identifier: islandora:22556

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