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Title: Oral history interview with Tamsanqa Percival Ngoma [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., Pin7.09b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 30:39 min.. ; interview 9 of 16
Identifier: islandora:22554

Title: Conscientious objectors protest, UCT
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Youths--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Conscientious objectors--South Africa,
Description: A sign reads, "Support objectors! STOP the call-up", at a demonstration to end military conscription in South Africa, central Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12635

Title: Delmas trial, Delmas, 1985
Subject: Trials (Treason), Valli, Mohammed, Apartheid, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Mohammed Valli, Transvaal secretary of the United Democratic Front (UDF), and other spectators peer into the courtroom at the start of the Delmas treason trial. Twenty-two UDF and other activists were charged with furthering the aims of the African National Congress (ANC) and with conspiring to overthrow the government.
Identifier: islandora:912

Title: Woman protests army occupation, Soweto, 1985
Subject: Military occupation, Women--Political activity, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: A lone woman protests against the presence of troops in Soweto. Women played a significant role against the army's occupation of the townships. In Chesterville, a township near Durban, women patrolled the streets nightly to protect families from security force and vigilante harassment.
Identifier: islandora:909

Title: Right wing conservatives at election rally, Pretoria, South Africa
Subject: Political history--South Africa--Pretoria, Elections--South Africa--Pretoria, Apartheid--South Africa--Pretoria, Segregation--South Africa--Pretoria, Race discrimination--South Africa--Pretoria
Description: Right-wing conservatives rally for another all-white by-election, which increased pro-apartheid representation in the all-white Parliament, Pretoria, South Africa, February 1982.
Identifier: islandora:5331

Title: Oral history interview with Yoliswa Yvonne Mzozoyana
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., Pin8.10.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 32:00 min. ; interview 10 of 17
Identifier: islandora:29656

Title: Oral history interview with Jasmine Sprinkle [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., Por1.01b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 03:10 min. ; interview 1 of 6
Identifier: islandora:24637

Title: Sisulu and wife on his release from prison, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political prisoners--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Sisulu, Walter Max, Kathrada, A. M. (Ahmad M.),
Description: Walter Sisulu with his wife, Albertina, and Ahmed Kathrada, amongst others, at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12596

Title: Oral history interview with Mrs Florrie Malan [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Calvinia (South Africa)--History, Calvinia (South Africa)--Social conditions, South African War, 1899-1902, Missions--South Africa--Calvinia, Church schools--South Africa--Calvinia,
Description: These interviews present a discussion on missionary schooling in Calvinia, South Africa, the characters and their memories of the Anglo-Boer War. Themes include: Boers, the relationship between the British troops and the missionaries, the community of Calvinia, key figures such as Hugo Nieuwoudt, a Boer leader and Abraham Esau, memories of the Esau murder, National Party meeting, political tensions, racial aggression and tension and trade relations. Abraham Esau was a coloured blacksmith and leader from Calvinia. He was murdered by the Boers in 1901 as a result of his unfailing support for the British., Pol4.01b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 23:02 min. ; interview 1 of 2
Identifier: islandora:24760

Title: Frances Baard at UDF launch, Cape Town, 1983
Subject: Women political activists, Public meetings, Anti-apartheid movements, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Frances Baard, a former president of the African National Congress's Women's League (ANCWL), salutes the crowd gathered to launch the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town. The UDF drew together over 600 democratically-based community, student, trade union, women's, and church organisations and was the major legal oppositional force until the government severely curtailed its activities in 1988.
Identifier: islandora:889

Title: Oral history interview with Mr B. Risien [Part 2 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., Pin5.16b.mp3: Part 2 of 3 ; 32:07 min. ; interview 16 of 19
Identifier: islandora:24983

Title: Verkeersweё. Die verhaal van 300 jaar van vervoer in Suid-Africa tesame met 'n geїllustreerde kaart aangebied deur die administratie van die Suid-Afrikaanse spoorweё en hawens by geleentheid van die Van Riebeeck-fees
Subject: Transportation--South Africa--History--Maps, Transportation and state--South Africa--Maps,
Description: Map showing the story of 300 years of transport in South Africa with illustrated forms of transport, and description on the back. White lines indicate air routes, black lines indicate rail routes, and red lines indicate bus or road routes. Illustrated. Coloured. No scale given
Identifier: islandora:29952

Title: ANC refugees, South Africa, 1994
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, Refugees--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, History--Political aspects--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)--Social conditions, Best of Marinovich
Description: A family carry their belongings home after months in a refugee camp for African National Congress (ANC) supporting families from the Sonkombo area from which they had fled months earlier because of attacks by rival Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Sonkombo, KwaZulu-Natal, 1994.
Identifier: islandora:1199

Title: Mandela returns to Robben Island with fellow Rivonia treason trialists, South Africa
Subject: Ex-convicts--South Africa--Robben Island, Apartheid--South Africa--Robben Island, Political history--South Africa--Robben Island, Prisons--South Africa--Robben Island
Description: Nelson Mandela and his fellow convicted Rivonia treason trialists, all former political prisoners on Robben Island, return to the island on the fourth anniversary of Mandela's release from jail. Here they are pictured in the quarry in which the black prisoners were made to dig out lime daily. Some say Mandela's eyes were damaged by the lime dust. Cape Town, South Africa, 11 February 1994.
Identifier: islandora:5374

Title: Oral history interview with Mr J.J.P Esterhuizen [Part 3 of 4]
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., Pin5.08a.mp3: Part 3 of 4 ; 30:26 min. ; interview 8 of 19
Identifier: islandora:25004

Title: Mandela waving from former prison cell, Robben Island, South Africa
Subject: Ex-presidents--South Africa--Robben Island, Ex-convicts--South Africa--Robben Island, Apartheid--South Africa--Robben Island, Political history--South Africa--Robben Island, Prisons--South Africa--Robben Island
Description: Nelson Mandela waves cheerfully from his former prison cell on Robben Island, four years after he was freed from jail by apartheid authorities. He spent more than two decades at Robben Island prison. Cape Town, South Africa, 11 February 1994.
Identifier: islandora:5373

Title: Pollsmoor Prison March, Cape Town, 1985
Subject: Student protesters, Demonstrations, Police brutality, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Police attack youths early in the morning on the day of the Pollsmoor Prison March. United Democratic Front (UDF) leaders had called upon people to march to Pollsmoor Prison in August 1985 to demand the release of Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners. The students were also protesting against the state's education system, which offered blacks inferior education.
Identifier: islandora:890

Title: ǂKhomani San : trees are our heritage, Map item #23
Subject: Tree of Life ; Tree of Love ; Tree of Family ; Tree of Healing, San (African people), San (African people)--Kalahari Desert--History, Empire Exhibition (1936 : Johannesburg, South Africa), San (African people)--Social life and customs, , ,
Description: This poster introduces and outlines the cultural and natural heritage of the San people. This explains the forced removal and land claim of the San including the influence of Donald Bain. The map in the poster's centre shows ǂA ka ǂnaus, the traditional Living Area of ǂKhomani San (including the Tree of Life, Tree of Love, Tree of Family and Tree of Healing) within the Kalagadi Transfrontier National Park. Photographic images depict Donald Bain and an image of Bushmen being trucked to his Empire Exhibition.
Identifier: islandora:27318

Title: Young pallbearers, Cape Town, 1985
Subject: Funeral service, Pallbearers, Police shootings, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Young pallbearers, in school uniforms, stand at solemn attention at the funeral of three boys killed in the "Trojan Horse incident", when police, armed with pump-action shotguns and hiding in the back of a van, opened fire on a crowd in a residential street in Athlone, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:902

Title: Plan of the Transkeian Territories, sheet No. 10
Subject: South Africa--Bantustans--Maps, South Africa--History--Bantustans,
Description: Map showing sheet no. 10 of the Plan of the Transkeian Territories, showing the districts of Tsomo, Nqamakwe, Butterworth, Willowvale, and Kentani, locations, names of places, plan numbers, district boundaries, rivers, roads, plantations, and forests. Scale: 800 Cape roods to 1 in. Relief shown by shading. No projection given.
Identifier: islandora:30112

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