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Forced removals, Kammaskraal
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Subject
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Rural poor--South Africa, Forced migration--South Africa, Eviction--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
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Description
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A family wait alongside their dismantled house for collection by a government truck.
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Identifier
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islandora:5754
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Oral history interview with Mr September [Part 2 of 2]
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Subject
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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
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Description
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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., Pin3.08b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 10:17 min. ; interview 8 of 11
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Identifier
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islandora:19421
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Anti-apartheid demonstration, London, 1971
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Subject
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Demonstrations--Trafalgar Square (London, England), Anti-apartheid activists--Trafalgar Square (London, England), History--Political aspects--South Africa, History--Political aspects--Trafalgar Square (London, England), Winer Batch01
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Description
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Anti-apartheid demonstration, Trafalgar Square, London, 1971.
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Identifier
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islandora:281
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Title
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Zulu hostel, South Africa, 1992
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Subject
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Apartheid--South Africa--Soweto, Political violence--South Africa--Soweto, Soweto (South Africa)--Social conditions, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Soweto, Weapons--South Africa--Soweto, Best of Marinovich
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Description
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Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters show off weapons in a shebeen in Dobsonville hostel, while police search for weapons outside, Soweto, 1992. Thousands of people, both civilians and combatants, died in the so-called "Hostel War" that lasted from 1989-1995.
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Identifier
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islandora:1190
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Oral history interview with Mr. and Mrs Cupido [Part 4 of 4]
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Subject
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Oral history, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Alcohol--Government policy--South Africa
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Description
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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)., Pin9.04b.mp3: Part 4 of 4 ; 15:16 min. ; interview 4 of 15
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Identifier
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islandora:29630
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Forced removals, Kammaskraal
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Subject
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Rural poor--South Africa, Forced migration--South Africa, Eviction--South Africa, Women--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
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Description
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Women and children wait to board a government truck.
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Identifier
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islandora:5758
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Title
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UDF meeting, Cape Town
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Subject
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Public meetings--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946-, Political history--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
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Description
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Dr. Allan Boesak and Mrs. Helen Joseph at a United Democractic Front (UDF) meeting, Cape Town, 1984.
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Identifier
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islandora:5741
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Title
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FEDTRAW protest, Gauteng, circa 1985
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Subject
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Woman political activists, Anti-apartheid activists, Demonstrations, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
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Description
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A woman from the Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) carries a picket stating, "Freedom Justice and Peace NOW!" Popular protest was severely restricted, and members of FEDTRAW were charged with sedition and subversion, and held in detention without trial, as the government worked to immobilise and disrupt opposition to apartheid.
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Identifier
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islandora:915
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Title
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Vegetable garden group, Mpukonyoni
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Subject
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Subsistence farming--South Africa, Agricultural workers--South Africa, Women farmers--South Africa, Women--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
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Description
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Women from a vegetable garden group attend a meeting in the fertile area of Mpukonyoni, in Reserve Four, KwaZulu reserve.
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Identifier
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islandora:5763
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Mrs Botha and Mrs Tshabalala, Soweto, 1984
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Subject
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Local government, Politicians' spouses, Botha, Elize, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
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Description
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Mrs Elize Botha, then wife of the state president, and Mrs Tshabalala, then wife of the mayor of Soweto, leave the town council building in August 1984 after then President and Mrs Botha were granted "the freedom of the township" in a ceremony derived from an old British tradition.
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Identifier
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islandora:884
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ANC rally for released political prisoners, Soweto, 1990
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Subject
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Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa,
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Description
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Thousands of supporters attend an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, in Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
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Identifier
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islandora:12592
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Title
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Stop police violence, protest, Cape Town
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Subject
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Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa,
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Description
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Sign at anti-apartheid rally reads, STOP POLICE VIOLENCE. Cape Town.
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Identifier
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islandora:12611
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Mass funeral, East London, South Africa
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Political history--South Africa--East London, Political violence--South Africa--East London, Funeral rites and ceremonies--South Africa--East London, Apartheid--South Africa--East London
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A mass funeral is held for 18 people, including a baby, slain in police repression of an anti-apartheid protest. The coffins are draped in colours of the United Democratic Front (UDF), and carried by uniformed members of the movement, 31 August 1985, Duncan Village, South Africa.
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Identifier
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islandora:5338
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Oral history interview with Van Rooi
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Subject
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Oral history, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Alcohol--Government policy--South Africa
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Description
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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)., Pin9.15a.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 23:39 min. ; interview 15 of 15
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Identifier
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islandora:29671
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Pensioner, Durban
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Subject
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Urban poor--South Africa, Older men--South Africa, Fuelwood gatherers--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
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A pensioner carries wood in a buffer zone between the 'African' township of KwaMashu and the 'coloured' township of Newlands East, Durban.
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Identifier
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islandora:5714
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Sindiswa Mkonto and Nomonde Calata, Cradock Four widows, Michausdal township, 1997
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Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
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Sindiswa Mkonto and Nomonde Calata, widows of two of the Cradock Four victims, Cradock, 1997. The Cradock Four were a group of four political activists from Cradock who disappeared in 1985 during a trip to Port Elizabeth. Their mutilated bodies were found a week later. In January 1997, six members of the Port Elizabeth security police applied for amnesty for the killing of the Cradock Four. It was refused.
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Identifier
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islandora:772