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Title: Oral history interview with Ali Fataar [ Part 1 of 8]
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, Fataar, Ali
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., Cwc2.54a.mp3: Part 1 of 8 ; 29:33 min. ; interview 54 of 208
Identifier: islandora:12839

Title: Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G Major BWV 1048 (1. [Without tempo indication])
Subject: Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Brandenburgische Konzerte, Concerti grossi, Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: UCT String Ensemble, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Identifier: islandora:28392

Title: Oral history interview with Hamilton Budaza, 9 May 1997 [Part 1]
Subject: Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History
Description: Interview with Hamilton Budaza, resident artist and child arts educator at the Community Arts Project (circa 1982-1993). The interview was conducted by Heidi Bolton and commissioned by Mario Pissarra for Community Arts Project 'Histories of CAP' project.
Identifier: islandora:31395

Title: Oral history interview with Gathu Motsweni [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa
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., Pin6.07a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:88 min. ; interview 6 of 10
Identifier: islandora:22669

Title: Oral history interview with Mr. and Mrs Cupido [Part 1 of 4]
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)., Pin9.03a.mp3: Part 1 of 4 ; 31:38 min. ; interview 3 of 15
Identifier: islandora:29627

Title: [Map of the Union of South Africa. Sheet 1 of 4]
Subject: South Africa--Maps, Namibia--Maps, Botswana--Maps, , ,
Description: Map showing northern part of the Cape Province of the Union of South Africa, South West Africa and part of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, with towns and villages, roads, railways, rivers, native reserves, crown reserves, police reserves, game reserves, churches, lighthouses, salt pans, vleis. Some colour. No scale given.
Identifier: islandora:19326

Title: Image from rock painting site, Bainskloof Pass 1, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting of an animal figure in black.
Identifier: islandora:21455

Title: Oral history interview with Jack Cope [Part 1 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), Pin4.18a.mp3: Part 1 of 4 ; 47:48 min. ; interview 18 of 52
Identifier: islandora:25821

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Wilderness East 1, Wilderness, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Photograph of the floor inside the cave at the Wilderness East 1 site.
Identifier: islandora:21706

Title: Oral history interview with Aziz Salie [ Part 1 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, Salie, Aziz
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., Cwc2.149a.mp3: Part 1 of 4 ; 29:16 min. ; interview 149 of 208
Identifier: islandora:24502

Title: Oral history interview with Wallace Rossouw [Part 1 of 6]
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, Rossouw, Wallace, ,
Description: Karen Daniels interviews Wallace Rossouw, 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, Cwc6.31a.mp3: Part 1 of 6 ; 30:31 min; interview 31 of 39
Identifier: islandora:24749

Title: Cape Colony harbours : Table Bay : plan shewing breakwater extension as sanctioned : a future harbour referred to in Sir John Coode's report dated Novr. 1880. Drawing No. 1
Subject: Harbors--South Africa--Cape Town--Maps, Table Bay (South Africa)--Maps,
Description: A map showing a breakwater extension to Table Bay Harbour, with hydrographic information. The coastline is shown from Mouille Point showing the convict station, the Amsterdam Battery, part of Cape Town with the Custom House and Parade, Fort Knockle and the Craig Tower Battery. The coast relief is shown by form lines. Chiefly colour. Scale 2 inches to 1000 feet.
Identifier: islandora:25102

Title: Second String Quartet (2007) (1. Liberamente, quasi improvvisato - Misterioso - Irrequieto - Amabile)
Subject: Hofmeyr, Hendrik. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 2, String quartets (Violins (2) , violas, cello), Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Hendrik Hofmeyr: Of darkness and the heart, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Identifier: islandora:30202

Title: Song without words op. 19 no. 1
Subject: Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Lieder ohne Worte, piano, op. 19b. Nr. 1, Piano music, Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Mendelssohn - Songs without words: a joint recital by the piano students of the University of Cape Town and the Stellenbosch Konservatorium, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Identifier: islandora:28839

Title: Concerto grosso no. 1 for string orchestra and obbligato piano (3. Pastorale and Rustic Dances)
Subject: Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959. Concerti grossi, no. 1, Concerti grossi, Piano with string orchestra, Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: UCT String Ensemble, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Identifier: islandora:30220

Title: Oral history interview with Tahir Levy [ Part 1 of 1]
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, Levy, Tahir
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., Cwc2.116a.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 29:37 min. ; interview 116 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18977

Title: U.C.Tattle, v.1(3), 21 August 1934
Identifier: islandora:7527

Title: Image from rock painting site, Bainskloof Pass 1, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting of figure in red.
Identifier: islandora:21462

Title: Report on the 3rd BSSA !x? Orthography Conference: Windhoek, Bible House, 30/1/2 June/July 1981
Subject: African languages, San languages, Ju/'hoan language, Linguistics
Description: A report on the 1981 San orthography conference
Identifier: islandora:7705

Title: Oral history interview with Mr B. Gerrard [Part 1 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., Pin5.09a.mp3: Part 1 of 3 ; 31:56 min. ; interview 9 of 19
Identifier: islandora:24977

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