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Title: Released prisoner from Onaimwandi base with his family, Tsandi, northern Namibia
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, Prisoners of war--Namibia
Description: Released prisoner from Onaimwandi base with his family, Tsandi, northern Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:6969

Title: Exhumed remains of ZANLA leaders repatriated for reburial, Zimbabwe, 1980
Subject: Funeral rites and ceremonies--Zimbabwe--Harare, War victims--Zimbabwe, Airplanes, Military--Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, Winer Batch01,
Description: Exhumed remains of Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) leaders repatriated from Mozambique to Zimbabwe. Harare International Airport, 1980.
Identifier: islandora:12550

Title: União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola soldier opens fire on Police
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002,
Description: Television footage of a UNITA soldier opening fire on Angolan Police, 12 October 1992.The footage goes worldwide and plunges Angola is in a state of shock.
Identifier: islandora:7050

Title: Sunset over the frontline. An argument over who will stand guard. 100 km from Huambo city.
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola,
Description: Troops prepare for the night watch outside Huambo city.
Identifier: islandora:7079

Title: Sindiswa Mkonto and Nomonde Calata, Cradock Four widows, Michausdal township, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Sindiswa Mkonto and Nomonde Calata, widows of two of the Cradock Four victims, Cradock, 1997. The Cradock Four were a group of four political activists from Cradock who disappeared in 1985 during a trip to Port Elizabeth. Their mutilated bodies were found a week later. In January 1997, six members of the Port Elizabeth security police applied for amnesty for the killing of the Cradock Four. It was refused.
Identifier: islandora:772

Title: Clanwilliam
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Clanwilliam Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Western Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 3rd ed., This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., The map shows main roads, branch roads, farm roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, telegraph lines, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries, divisional boundaries and outspans in the Clanwilliam area., Relief shown by hachures., "South Africa having never been properly surveyed, this map must necessarily contain many inaccuracies.", Projection not given., Printed in black and red., Map folds into an outer cover., The map is mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24822

Title: Election day, Angola, 1992
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Angola--Politics and government--1975-, Elections--Angola,
Description: September 1992, the first multi-party election was held in Angola. A voter shows his stained finger, proof that he has voted.
Identifier: islandora:7049

Title: Dance of Jura
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Social aspects, Dance--Angola,
Description: Members of Juventude Unida Revolucionara de Angola (JURA) the cultural wing of União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) perform the dance of Jura in Mavinga in the Cuando Cubango Province of Angloa, 1991.
Identifier: islandora:7003

Title: Supporters of União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) innocently canvas support on the streets of Luanda, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Political campaigns--Angola,
Description: Supporters of União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) beat drums and dance in an attempt to gather support for Dr Savimbi
Identifier: islandora:7039

Title: General Smuts, Cape Town, 1940
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, United Party (South Africa), Governments, World War, 1939-1945
Description: Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts (centre front) with supporters outside Parliament, Cape Town, 1940
Identifier: islandora:16945

Title: Port Nolloth
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Port Nolloth Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., The map shows roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries and divisional boundaries in the Port Nolloth area., Relief shown by hachures., The Imperial map of the Cape Colony was "compiled by the Field Intelligence Division or Department of the British Army in Cape Town during the second Anglo-Boer War. ... [P.H. du P.] Casgrain ... superintended its production ..." (Board, C. "Certainly better than nothing at all" : a re-examination of the Imperial map of South Africa 1899-1902. Proceedings of the 21st International Cartographic Conference, Durban, 2003. Available online: http://icaci.org/files/documents/ICC_proceedings/ICC2003/Papers/109.pdf (accessed 5 Sept. 2012))., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate"., Projection not given., Co-ordinates not given., Printed in black only., Map folds into an outer cover., The map is mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24852

Title: Mucussos Terras Livres de Angola Free Land of Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola,
Description: A military policeman stands guard at the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) border post at Mucussos in the South East province of Cuando-Cubango, bordering Namibia. A sign behind him reads Mucussos Terras Livres de Angola Free Land of Angola.
Identifier: islandora:7030

Title: Cradock
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Cradock Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., The map shows grand trunk roads, trunk roads, branch roads, farm roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, telegraph lines, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries and divisional boundaries in the Cradock area., Relief shown by hachures., The Imperial map of the Cape Colony was "compiled by the Field Intelligence Division or Department of the British Army in Cape Town during the second Anglo-Boer War. ... [P.H. du P.] Casgrain ... superintended its production ..." (Board, C. "Certainly better than nothing at all" : a re-examination of the Imperial map of South Africa 1899-1902. Proceedings of the 21st International Cartographic Conference, Durban, 2003. Available online: http://icaci.org/files/documents/ICC_proceedings/ICC2003/Papers/109.pdf (accessed 5 Sept. 2012))., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate.", Projection not given., Co-ordinates not given., Printed in black and red., Map folds into an outer cover., The maps are mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24820

Title: Wakkerstroom
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Wakkerstroom Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., Map showing farm boundaries and fences, farm names, divisional boundaries, roads, rivers, telegraph lines and railways in the Wakkerstroom area. The map also indicates hills, pans (often dry), homesteads, cultivated land and trees., Relief shown by hachures., "G.F.N. Henderson [,] Colonel. Director of Military Intelligence.", "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate.", Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., Maps 845 and 849 are mounted on linen. Map 848 is not folded.
Identifier: islandora:24810

Title: Message from Dr Savimbi
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002,
Description: A message from Dr Savimbi is painted an the wall of a building in the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) controlled town of Kazombo in the Moxico Province of Angola under UNITA control.
Identifier: islandora:7031

Title: Capetonian soldier captured by MPLA in Angola
Subject: Lagos (Nigeria), Western Cape (South Africa), Prisoners of War, South African Border War, Apartheid, South African Defence Force, Soldiers
Description: The tragedy of the bitter internecine war in Angola hits South Africa. In Lagos last week two South African soldiers, Corporal Hannes Terblance (left) and Capetonian Private Robert Henry Wieman (right), who were captured by forces of the MPLA in Angolan fighting were paraded before journalists at a news conference addressed by the MPLA Prime Minister, Lopo de Nascimento, who was visiting Nigeria.
Identifier: islandora:15940

Title: M.O.T.H commemoration, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Memorials, Veterans, World War, 1939-1945, Civil society
Description: A members of M.O.T.H (Memorable Order of Tin Hats) remembers fallen comrades at a commemorative ceremony in 1990
Identifier: islandora:16648

Title: Bloemfontein
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Bloemfontein Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map showing farm boundaries and fences, farm names, divisional boundaries, roads, rivers, telegraph lines and railways in the Bloemfontein area. Map also indicates hills, pans (often dry), homesteads, cultivated land and trees., Relief shown by hachures., "G.F.N. Henderson [,] Colonel. Director of Military Intelligence"., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., The map is mounted on linen. Advertisements have been pasted onto the map obscuring the key and other information.
Identifier: islandora:24817

Title: Ladybrand
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Ladybrand Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., Map showing farm boundaries and fences, farm names, divisional boundaries, roads, rivers, telegraph lines and railways in the Ladybrand area. The map also indicates hills, pans (often dry), homesteads, cultivated land and trees., Relief shown by hachures., Most of compiler's name cut off at the bottom of the map., "G.F.N. Henderson [,] Colonel. Director of Military Intelligence"., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate.", Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., The map is mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24842

Title: Residents of Huambo flee the brutal occupation of the city
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Refugees--Angola, Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Social aspects,
Description: Residents of Huambo flee the brutal occupation of the city by União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) forces. They spoke of horrendous street-to-street battles that started after Christmas in 1992.
Identifier: islandora:7073

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