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Title: Oral history interview with Arthur Prodehl [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, Prodehl, Arthur, ,
Description: Karen Daniels interviews Arthur Prodehl, 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, Cwc6.29b.mp3: Part 2 of 4 ; 30:37 min; interview 29 of 39
Identifier: islandora:24664

Title: Oral history interview with Aggrey Mazwi Mbicini [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., Pin8.07b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 19:25 min. ; interview 7 of 17
Identifier: islandora:29652

Title: Oral history interview with Wallace Rossouw [Part 2 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, Cwc6.31b.mp3: Part 2 of 6 ; 30:32 min; interview 31 of 39
Identifier: islandora:24750

Title: Concerto for 2 oboes, strings and continuo in C major op. 9 no. 5 (3. Allegro)
Subject: Albinoni, Tomaso, 1671-1750. Concertos, op. 9. No. 5, Concertos (Oboe with string orchestra), String orchestra music, Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: UCT String Ensemble, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Identifier: islandora:28793

Title: Oral history interview with Essop Pahad [Part 2 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), Pin4.41b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 32:05 min. ; interview 41 of 52
Identifier: islandora:29690

Title: Oral history interview with Fagmia Kiemie [Part 2 of 3]
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, Kiemie, Fagmia, ,
Description: Karen Daniels interviews Fagmia Kiemie, 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, Cwc6.23b.mp3: Part 2 of 3 ; 30:31 min; interview 23 of 39
Identifier: islandora:24685

Title: Oral history interview with Gadija Jacobs [ Part 2 of 9]
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, Jacobs, Gadija
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., Cwc2.91b.mp3: Part 2 of 9 ; 29:18 min. ; interview 91 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18940

Title: Oral history interview with Farieda Wagheit [ Part 2 of 5]
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, Wagheit, Farieda
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., Cwc2.183b.mp3: Part 2 of 5 ; 29:25 min. ; interview 183 of 208
Identifier: islandora:24542

Title: Cape Times war map no. 2, the colony of Natal
Subject: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) -- Maps
Description: Map of Natal from Volksrust to Durban showing towns and geographical features such as mountain ranges and peaks, rivers and passes. The key gives distances from Durban to selected towns in Natal and beyond, and the elevation of these places above sea level., The map is mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:19624

Title: Oral history interview with Johanna Clarke [ Part 2 of 5]
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, Clarke, Johanna
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., Cwc2.30b.mp3: Part 2 of 5 ; 29:15 min. ; interview 30 of 208
Identifier: islandora:12807

Title: Liederreihe op. 35 (2. Stirb, Lieb und Freud!)
Subject: Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Gedichte, op. 35. Stirb, Lieb' und Freud!, Songs (Medium voice), Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Liederabend - Schumann and his circle - presented by Kamal Khan, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Identifier: islandora:28240

Title: Sonata no. 17 in D minor op. 31 no. 2 'Tempest' (3. Allegretto)
Subject: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, piano, no. 17, op. 31, no. 2, D minor. Allegretto, Sonatas (Piano), Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: The Lionel Bowman Prize for Beethoven Playing (2012) - Winner's Recital: Coila-Leah Enderstein, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Identifier: islandora:28628

Title: Oral history interview with Achmat Hiyat [Part 2 of 2]
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, Hiyat, Achmat, ,
Description: Karen Daniels interviews Achmat Hiyat, 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, Cwc6.18a.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 19:24 min; interview 18 of 39
Identifier: islandora:24650

Title: Oral history interview with Blanche Hammond [ 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, Hammond, Blanche
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., Cwc2.69b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 29:37 min. ; interview 69 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18889

Title: Plan No. 2, Plan of reservoir and arable land, Rooiberg Pan, Kenhardt
Subject: Reservoirs--South Africa--Kenhardt--Maps, Land capability for agriculture--South Africa--Kenhardt--Maps,
Description: Map showing land along the Hartebeeste River to the village of Kenhardt, including a plan for a reservoir, 1400 acres of arable land, lines of furrows, two roads, a cattle post and relief shown by shading. Colour. Scale 2 inches to 1 mile.
Identifier: islandora:29813

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 consisting of human legs in red, and a smudge in red.
Identifier: islandora:21700

Title: Scheme No. 2. Plan of proposed scheme of sewerage and sewage disposal for the City of Cape Town, May, 1891
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa)--Maps, Sewerage--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: Street map of the City of Cape Town immediately around Table Bay showing proposed new sewers. Indicates streets, place names and land use. Some colour. Scale 1 6/8 inch to 1000 feet
Identifier: islandora:25165

Title: Oral history interview with Gus Gamba, a jazz saxophonist [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Gamba, Gus, 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., Amu1.05b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 10:45 min ; interview 5 of 23
Identifier: islandora:22667

Title: Weight lifters holding trophies. 2 Boy Ndabandune on right, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Men--South Africa, Hobbies--South Africa, Weight lifters--South Africa,
Description: Three weight lifters hold the trophies they won at a competition. '2 Boy' Ndabandune stands on the right, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18412

Title: Soetwater Resort development, Phase 2
Subject: South Africa ; Western Cape, Province of the ; Cape Town, Seaside resorts, Health facilities, Soetwater Resort (South Africa), Resort development--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Soetwater Resort, Cape Town, Western Cape. Working drawings. Site plan, plan, elevations and section of the new Red Cross building., plans: scale 1:50/1:250; elevations: scale 1:50; sections: scale 1:50
Identifier: islandora:22738

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