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Title: Mandela addressing COSATU, Johannesburg, 1993
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Political activists--South Africa--Johannesburg, Labor unions--South Africa--Johannesburg, Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, Cosatu
Description: Nelson Mandela addresses a special congress of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) at Vista University in Soweto, Johannesburg, 1993.
Identifier: islandora:1453

Title: Fikile Mlotshwa, comforter, Johannesburg, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Fikile Mlotshwa, a comforter for hearings in Johannesburg, 1997. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) employed professional 'comforters' at hearings to look after those who testified, both victims and perpetrators.
Identifier: islandora:791

Title: Pumla Ndulula, Johannesburg, 1999
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) employed professional 'comforters' at hearings to look after those who testified, both victims and perpetrators. Pumla Ndulula had worked for three years as a comfortor. When asked what her 'big cases' had been, she said that she had 'looked after' Colonel Eugene de Kock, the security commander at Vlakplaas who became known as 'Prime Evil'.
Identifier: islandora:788

Title: Members of Mandela United Football Club, Johannesburg, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Members of the Mandela United Football Club, Johannesburg, 1997. In 1997, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela appeared at the Truth Commission to answer allegations about her involvement with the Mandela United Football Club. A number of parents from Soweto had testified about the disappearance of their children after they had come into contact with these men. The Commission had gathered evidence linking the club to more than twenty incidents of abduction, assault and murder. The coach, Jerry Richardson, testified at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and claimed that his orders came from Mrs Winnie Mandela, whom he called "mommie". Mrs Mandela denied all involvement.
Identifier: islandora:771

Title: ANC victory celebrations, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Political history--South Africa--Johannesburg, Elections--South Africa--Johannesburg, Democracy--South Africa--Johannesburg, Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: African National Congress (ANC) supporters embrace in celebration of victory in South Africa's first all-race presidential elections, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 1994.
Identifier: islandora:5378

Title: Protest, Johannesburg, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Demonstrations--South Africa--Johannesburg, Blacks--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: A protest gathering at Jabulani Amphitheatre, Johannesburg, 1990.
Identifier: islandora:1431

Title: Violet Hashe, Defiance Campaign meeting, Johannesburg, 1952
Subject: Johannesburg (South Africa)--Social conditions, Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Political activists--South Africa--Johannesburg, Race discrimination--South Africa--Johannesburg, Women political activists--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: Violet Hashe, fiery African trade-union leader, called on the people at Freedom Square in Fordsburg to defy the 'unjust laws' passed by the Apartheid government. Johannesburg, 6 April, 1952.
Identifier: islandora:7460

Title: Joyce Mananki Seipei and Jerry Richardson, Johannesburg, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Joyce Mananki Seipei and Jerry Richardson, Johannesburg, 1997. In 1989, Richardson was arrested for the murder of fourteen-year-old Stompie Seipei, Joyce's son, who was suspected of being a police informer. Stompie's body was found on 6 January 1989. He was tortured to death by Jerry Richardson, the coach of the Mandela Football Club. Jerry testified at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and claimed that his orders came from Mrs Winnie Mandela, whom he called "mommie". Mrs Mandela denied all involvement.
Identifier: islandora:763

Title: Chris Hani promoting peace at first democratic elections, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Political activists--South Africa--Johannesburg, Public meetings--South Africa--Johannesburg, Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Elections--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: Charismatic African National Congress (ANC) military leader, Chris Hani, appeals to township supporters for an end to violence and factional killing, in the run-up to the country's first democratic elections. Thokoza township, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 1991.
Identifier: islandora:5365

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: Violence in Alexandra township, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Squatter settlements--South Africa--Gauteng, Law enforcement--South Africa--Gauteng, Apartheid--South Africa--Gauteng, Political history--South Africa--Gauteng, Political violence--South Africa--Gauteng, Demonstrations--South Africa--Gauteng
Description: Police fire at residents who defied orders not to march on Inkatha-occupied hostels from which the Zulus had been launching attacks on township dwellers, Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 March 1992.
Identifier: islandora:5369

Title: Homeless child, Johannesburg, 1974
Subject: Children--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, Homeless children--South Africa, Winer Batch01,
Description: Homeless street child in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, 1974.
Identifier: islandora:12521

Title: NEHAWU protest, Johannesburg, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Demonstrations--South Africa--Johannesburg, Labor unions--South Africa--Johannesburg, NEHAWU, Baragwanath Hospital
Description: NEHAWU (National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union) protest by workers at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg, 1990.
Identifier: islandora:1437

Title: Marius Schoon, Johannesburg, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Marius Schoon, Johannesburg, 1998. Schoon was a committed member of the African National Congress (ANC). There had already been attempts to assassinate Marius Schoon when a letter bomb that killed his wife, Jeanette, and daughter, Katryn, was intended for him. When Craig Williamson and Brigadier Willem Schoon applied to the TRC for amnesty, Marius Schoon fought to have it refused. He died in 1999 before hearing the outcome. All were granted amnesty for the Schoons' death.
Identifier: islandora:797

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: Black resistance graffiti, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Pretoria, Street art--South Africa--Pretoria, Arts--Political aspects--South Africa--Pretoria, Education--South Africa--Pretoria, Children--South Africa--Pretoria
Description: Black resistance graffiti during a time of riots and violence, August 1985, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:5334

Title: Policeman whipping student protester with sjambok, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Political violence--South Africa--Pretoria, Student movements--South Africa--Pretoria, Apartheid--South Africa--Pretoria, Education--South Africa--Pretoria, Race discrimination--South Africa--Pretoria
Description: A policeman sjamboks (whips) an escaping student rioter during unrest and protests in Western Township near Johannesburg, South Africa, 21 August 1985.
Identifier: islandora:5335

Title: Joyce Mananki Seipei with her daughter, Johannesburg, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Joyce Mananki Seipei with her daughter whom she calls 'klein Stompie', Johannesburg, 1997. Joyce is the mother of Stompie Seipei, a fourteen-year-old activist who was suspected of being a police informer. Stompie's body was found on 6 January 1989. He was tortured to death by Jerry Richardson, the coach of the Mandela Football Club. Jerry testified at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and claimed that his orders came from Mrs Winnie Mandela, whom he called "mommie". Mrs Mandela denied all involvement.
Identifier: islandora:767

Title: Protest, Johannesburg, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Demonstrations--South Africa--Johannesburg, Blacks--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: A protest gathering at Jabulani Amphitheatre, Johannesburg, 1990.
Identifier: islandora:1429

Title: Labour strike, Johannesburg
Subject: Strikes and lockouts--South Africa, Labor union members--South Africa, Labor unions--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: A meeting of striking Alfa Romeo workers.
Identifier: islandora:5748

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