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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: Father Michael Lapsley, Cape Town, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Lapsley, Michael, Truth and Lies,
Description: Father Michael Lapsley, Cape Town, 1997. A New Zealander, he arrived at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 1973 and deported to Lesotho in 1976 where he joined the ANC and trained Anglican priests. In April 1990, after the release of Nelson Mandela, he received a letter bomb believed to have been sent by a government death squad. He lost an eye and both hands.
Identifier: islandora:785

Title: Street clashes, South Africa, 1991
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Sebokeng, Political violence--South Africa--Sebokeng, Weapons--South Africa--Sebokeng, Demonstrations--South Africa--Sebokeng, Children--South Africa--Sebokeng, Best of Marinovich
Description: A young boy brandishes a toy gun at police armoured vehicles as his friend spots another police vehicle coming up a side street, Sebokeng, 1991.
Identifier: islandora:1210

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: Waiting for the 'whites only' bus, Pretoria, South Africa
Subject: Buses--South Africa--Pretoria, Apartheid--South Africa--Pretoria, Social conditions--South Africa--Pretoria, Segregation----South Africa--Pretoria, Race discrimination--South Africa--Pretoria
Description: Waiting for a 'whites only' bus under apartheid's policies of racial segregation, Pretoria, South Africa, November 1988.
Identifier: islandora:5352

Title: Exhumation, Vlakplaas, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Tholakele Ngqulunga, during an exhumation at her husband's grave, Vlakplaas 1998.
Identifier: islandora:803

Title: Oral history interview with Lionel Louw [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, United Democratic Front (South Africa), Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Interviews, Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government, ,
Description: The United Democratic Front (UDF) was established as a non-racial, anti-apartheid coalition in 1983. The interviews in this collection deal with the formation and impact of the UDF in the Western Cape in the 1980s. Key figures involved with the UDF are interviewed, including Cheryl Carolus, Lionel Louw, Sydney Luckett and Phyllis Orner. Themes include: community based organisations affiliated to the UDF; the effects of apartheid; religious affiliation; role of the UDF in the community; trade unions. These interviews originate from research conducted for the Albert Luthuli Young Historians Award 2008., Por6.03a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 01:05:28 min. ; interview 3 of 6
Identifier: islandora:24451

Title: NUMSA National Congress, Johannesburg, 1991
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Labor unions--South Africa--Johannesburg, Public meetings--South Africa--Johannesburg, National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
Description: Members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUMSA) at their National Congress, Johannesburg, 1991.
Identifier: islandora:1444

Title: Women in defiance, Johannesburg, 1952
Subject: Johannesburg (South Africa)--Social conditions, Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Women political activists--South Africa--Johannesburg, Race discrimination--South Africa--Johannesburg, Women, Black--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: Women of the African National Congress (ANC) in Johannesburg participating in the Defiance Campaign, 1952.
Identifier: islandora:7463

Title: Allan Boesak and William Gray in Athlone, Cape Town
Subject: Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946-, Political activists, Apartheid era
Description: Crowds gather around Dr. Allan Boesak, left, and Mr. William Gray in Athlone during a tour of the Cape Flats
Identifier: islandora:14832

Title: Oral history interview with Violet Tshwili [Part 1 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., Pin8.17a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:45 min. ; interview 17 of 17
Identifier: islandora:29669

Title: Young child, Johannesburg, 1975
Subject: Children--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, Winer Batch01,
Description: Child from Newclare "coloured" township, Johannesburg, 1975.
Identifier: islandora:12519

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: 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: 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: Winnie Mandela talks to Oscar Mpetha, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists, Mpetha, Oscar
Description: Veteran Honoured: Winnie Mandela wishes struggle veteran Oscar Mpetha a peaceful Christmas during a visit to his Guguletu home yesterday before speaking at an Umkhonto we Sizwe rally in Stellenbosch
Identifier: islandora:14745

Title: Winnie Mandela leaves the airport, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists
Description: Mrs Winnie Mandela leaves DF Malan airport today on her way to visit her husband, Nelson
Identifier: islandora:14709

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