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Title: Gunship undergoing repair, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Gunships (Military aircraft)--Angola,
Description: A gunship makes a forced landing in hostile territory in Angola. The pilot quickly repairs the problem as União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, Forças Armadas de Libertação de Angola (UNITA, FALA) open fire. The nearest town was held by UNITA forces.
Identifier: islandora:7070

Title: Election results
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Angola--Politics and government--1975-, Elections--Angola, Angola--Assembléia Nacional--Elections, 1992,
Description: For the first time in Angola's history, a multi-party election was held in September, 1992 in an attempt to bring the 17 year Civil War to an end. The results of this election were published in the Journal de Angola, dated 2 October 1992. The ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) won, leading União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) to reject the election and resume the civil war.
Identifier: islandora:7053

Title: Women in Kuito, Angola clearing the street of debri
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Buildings--War damage--Angola--Kuito, Women--Angola,
Description: Women in the town of Kuito in the Bié Province of Angola clear the streets of war debri after União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) were driven from the city in deadly street-to-street battles, 1994.
Identifier: islandora:7024

Title: War damage, Ngive, Cunene Province, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Buildings--War damage--Angola--Cunene (Province),
Description: Ruins of a building in the town of Ngiva in the Cunene Province of Angola following the withdrawal of South African Defence Force from the region.
Identifier: islandora:7035

Title: Slain PLAN combatant brought back to Koevoet base
Subject: War casualties--Namibia
Description: Slain People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) combatant is brought back to Koevoet base, tied to a casspir (armoured military tank), at Tsandi, Uukwaluudhi. Koevoet is the common name of the South West African Police Counter-Insurgency Unit (SWAPOL-COIN).
Identifier: islandora:6770

Title: First-time voter takes directions at the first general elections held in Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Angola--Politics and government--1975-, Elections--Angola, Angola--Assembléia Nacional--Elections, 1992,
Description: First-time voter takes directions at the first general elections held on 29 and 30 September 1992, to elect a President and National Assembly. This was the first attempt at holding multi-party elections ending 17 years of civil war. The ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) won, leading União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) to reject the election and resume the civil war.
Identifier: islandora:7044

Title: Memorial service held in front of the War Memorial, Cape Town
Subject: Soldiers, War memorials, Statues, ,
Description: Memorial service arranged for Coloured ex-serviceman. Klischograph
Identifier: islandora:15260

Title: Kuito, Angola, 1994
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Kuito (Angola), Buildings--War damage--Angola--Kuito, Women--Angola--Kuito,
Description: Two Angolans walk past a ruined building in the city of Kuito, Angola. The city was destroyed during heavy fighting in 1993 and 1994. A United Nations (UN) brokered a ceasefire in 1994.
Identifier: islandora:7021

Title: Body of a refugee in a corridor of the Josina Machel Hospital, Luanda, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Social aspects, War victims--Angola, Dead--Angola,
Description: The body of a refugee lies covered in a corridor of the Josina Machel Hospital.
Identifier: islandora:7007

Title: Food aid, Mozambique, 1968
Subject: Refugees--Mozambique, War--Mozambique, Decolonization--Mozambique, Food relief--Mozambique, Winer Batch01,
Description: Relief workers carrying food aid to Mozambican refugees displaced by the independence war, Lower Shire River, Chikwawa Valley, Malawi-Mozambique border, 1968.
Identifier: islandora:12530

Title: Standing guard
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Men with disabilities--Angola,
Description: A Forças Armadas Populares de Libertação de Angola (FAPLA) soldier stands guard in a war-damaged building in Santa Clara, the Angolan border post with Namibia. A man with one leg stands in the foreground.
Identifier: islandora:7032

Title: Replenishing water supplies
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Children--Angola,
Description: União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, Forças Armadas de Libertação de Angola (UNITA, FALA) troops stop for fresh water in the Huambo Province of Angola.
Identifier: islandora:7004

Title: The USA war campaign explained
Subject: United States--Foreign relations--Iraq--Caricatures and cartoons, War--Caricatures and cartoons, Iraq War, 2003-2011--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, United States
Description: The USA attack of Iran was based on overwhelming speed and force labelled a �Shock and Awe� strategy by President George Bush. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6133

Title: Beating the drum
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002,
Description: Member of the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, Forças Armadas de Libertação de Angola (UNITA, FALA) beat the drum in Kuito in the Bié Province of Angola. Kuito is powerfull UNITA stronghold.
Identifier: islandora:7043

Title: Searching for land mines, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Land mines--Detection--Angola, Soldiers--Angola, United Nations--Angola Verification Mission, Military convoys--Angola,
Description: Deminers from the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM) search a roadside in Angola for signs of landmines.
Identifier: islandora:7025

Title: Erich Brand to Stadtverwaltung Berlin-Wilmersdorf (the city administration Berlin-Wilmersdorf), 8 November 1944
Subject: World War, 1939-1945, Brand, Erich--Correspondence, Housing subsidies--Germany--Berlin, Soldiers--Correspondence
Description: Letter from Mr. Erich Brand to the dwellings department of the Berlin-Wilmersdorf city administration asking for an extra allowance to accommodate his family. An English translation of this letter is available. To see this translation please contact the University of Cape Town Libraries' Special Collections.
Identifier: islandora:27365

Title: Envelope belonging to the letter from Ruth Linder, London, to Mrs Roy Sorell, Long Street, Cape Town, 1940
Subject: Bruch, Edith--Correspondence, Lindner, Ruth--Correspondence, World War, 1939-1946, George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936--On postage stamps, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901--On postage stamps
Description: An envelope belonging to the letter from Ruth Lindner, London, to Mrs Roy Sorell, Long Street, Cape Town, 1940. At the top right-hand corner of the envelope is a British stamp featuring Queen Victoria and George V, the latter the reigning monarch of Britain at the time.
Identifier: islandora:29875

Title: Mercenary forces, Benguela, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Military helicopters--Angola, Mercenary troops--Angola,
Description: Mercenary forces deployed by the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) make their appearance on the frontline in the Benguela Province of Angola . Most were ex-SADF and Police special forces disbanded by the the South African government. Cubal in the province of Benguela.
Identifier: islandora:6995

Title: Shutdown after the election, as journalists and photographers prepare to leave
Subject: War photographers--Angola, War correspondents--Angola,
Description: A group of journalists and photographers who were in Angola covering the Civil War pose with staff from the Centro de Imprensa Anibal de Melo (Press Centre) after the election.
Identifier: islandora:6986

Title: Government police guarding the Police station opposite the Tourismo, Luanda, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola,
Description: Unknowingly, these men started the Angolan Civil War on 11 October 1992. Government police guarding the Police Station opposite the Tourismo Hotel in Luanda, Angola.
Identifier: islandora:7045

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