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Title: Black Sash, Magopa, 1984
Subject: Women political activists, Demonstrations, Black Sash (Society), Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Black Sash protest, Magopa, 1984.
Identifier: islandora:857

Title: Oral history interview with Wilhelmina Trout [Part 3 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, Labor unions--Social aspects--South Africa, Economic conditions--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Labor union members--South Africa--Interviews
Description: The interviews trace the working lives and political consciousness of three people involved with trade unions in industry. Themes include: Combined Workers Union, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), family background, gender discrimination, job reservation, student activism 1976-1985, shop stewards, political consciousness, working conditions, working environment and the 1980 school boycotts., Por3.04.mp3: Part 3 of 3 ; 07:35 min. ; interview 4 of 4
Identifier: islandora:25027

Title: Oral history interview with Virginia Sontshatsha
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., Pin8.14.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 26:31 min. ; interview 14 of 17
Identifier: islandora:29659

Title: Nelson and Winnie Mandela share their jubilation with supporters after his release, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, Mandela, Winnie, African National Congress, Post-apartheid era, Celebrations
Description: Nelson Mandela leaving Victor Verster prison after his release
Identifier: islandora:14437

Title: Farm labourer, Merebank
Subject: Subsistence farming--South Africa, Agricultural workers--South Africa, Casual labor--South Africa, Informal sector (Economics)--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: A farm labourer who finds work from market gardeners.
Identifier: islandora:5720

Title: Oral history interview with Fundiswa Matsha [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., Pin8.06b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 08:32 min. ; interview 6 of 17
Identifier: islandora:29650

Title: Activists at a demonstration, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Demonstrations--South Africa, Gerwel, G. J. (G. Jakes), Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946-,
Description: Jakes Gerwel, Franklin Sonn, Essa Moosa and Alan Boesak discuss student wellbeing at a Pentech and University of the Western Cape (UWC) march., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12641

Title: Schoolboy arrested, Cape Town, 1987
Subject: Student protesters, Youth--Political activity, Political prisoners, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: A schoolboy is arrested during protests against the 1987 white parliamentary elections in Athlone township, Cape Town, May 1987. In 1986, some 25,000 people were imprisoned without trial under the Emergency regulations. Of that number, 10,000 were children under the age of eighteen. In April 1987, the government stated that only 1,400 children were still in detention.
Identifier: islandora:880

Title: Young child, District Six, 1973
Subject: Children--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, Winer Batch01,
Description: Child from District Six, Cape Town, 1973.
Identifier: islandora:12520

Title: Workers' theater, Johannesburg, 1987
Subject: Women labor union members, Workers' theatre, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: A delegation of women from the Food and Allied Workers Union participates in the Congress of South African Trade Unions' Culture Day, held as part of the union federation's 2nd National Conference. Theater is used for political expression. Women from Crossroads squatter town, for example, performed a well-received play, Imfuduso, dramatising their long struggle to preserve their homes.
Identifier: islandora:864

Title: Winnie Mandela walks with friends, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists
Description: Winnie Mandela
Identifier: islandora:14718

Title: Residences in Loader Street, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Residential buildings, ,
Description: The Loader Street area has been a renovator's paradise for the past few years. According to estate agent, Mr John Hocknell, property in the area is almost completely sold out and there is little still to be had. Some renovated properties are still changing hands for under R20 000 though.
Identifier: islandora:15206

Title: Nelson Mandela talks to teachers and pupils at a school named in his honour, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, School children--South Africa, Post-apartheid era
Description: Teacher talk: Mr Mandela talks to teachers and pupils at the school in Crossroads named after him. He urged boycotting pupils to return to class
Identifier: islandora:14763

Title: SARWHU funeral, Venda, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa-- Venda, Funeral service--South Africa-- Venda, Labor unions--South Africa-- Venda, Pallbearers--South Africa-- Venda
Description: Funeral for a member of the South African Railway and Harbour Workers Union (SARWHU), Venda, (now part of Limpopo Province), 1990.
Identifier: islandora:1449

Title: Torture victim, South Africa, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Mpumalanga, Political violence--South Africa--Mpumalanga, Torture victims--South Africa--Mpumalanga, Men--South Africa--Mpumalanga, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Mpumalanga, Best of Marinovich
Description: A victim of torture by KwaNdebele homeland police, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:1220

Title: Hostel, Johannesburg
Subject: Migrant labor--South Africa--Social conditions, Migrant labor--Housing--South Africa, Dwellings--Social aspects--South Africa, Urban poor--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Communal showers in a male labour compound.
Identifier: islandora:5781

Title: Anti-apartheid conference, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Congresses and conventions--South Africa,
Description: Anti-apartheid conference in Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12650

Title: Waiting for removal trucks, Sophiatown, 1959
Subject: Sophiatown (Johannesburg, South Africa)--Social conditions, Apartheid--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Blacks--Housing--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Forced migration--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Women, Black--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg)
Description: The Sophiatown removals saw homes demolished and people moved into 'matchbox' houses in Meadowlands, Soweto. This was the first of the major forced removals by the apartheid government. Sophiatown, 1959.
Identifier: islandora:7456

Title: Child labourer, Magaliesberg, Transvaal
Subject: Child labor--South Africa, Agricultural workers--South Africa, Children--South Africa, South Africa--Rural conditions, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Child farm labourer at work in the fields.
Identifier: islandora:5723

Title: Saying goodbye, Leandra township, Transvaal, April 1986
Subject: Youth--Political activity, Vigilantes, Grief, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: A mother from Leandra township is overcome with emotion as she says goodbye to her son. Many young activists from Leandra fled to Johannesburg to escape right-wing vigilantes, thereby disrupting their education.
Identifier: islandora:856

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