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Title: Remains of an unidentified body close to the Angolan border
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, War victims--Namibia
Description: The bush of ghosts. The remains of an unidentified body close to the Angolan border.
Identifier: islandora:6983

Title: Singqokwana Malgas, New Brighton township, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Singqokwana Malgas was an African National Congress (ANC) veteran who had been imprisoned on Robben Island for fourteen years. While he was in prison, Malgas's house had been repeatedly firebombed and one of his sons had been killed. At the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) he described his ordeal of torture at the hands of the security police. Malgas told the TRC that he would like to tell his torturers, 'If we were only going to get freedom over our dead bodies, I'd like to make them aware we've got freedom.'
Identifier: islandora:796

Title: Beaufort West
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Beaufort West Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Fraserburg Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Western Cape (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 3rd ed., This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., The map shows main roads, farm roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, telegraph lines, homesteads, occupiers' names, farm boundaries, divisional boundaries and water for animals in the Beaufort West and Fraserburg areas., Relief shown by hachures., "South Africa having never been properly surveyed, this map must necessarily contain many inaccuracies.", Projection not given., Printed in black, red, brown and blue., The maps are printed on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24798

Title: Mrs. Josephine Msweli, KwaSokhulu, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Josephine Msweli, Sappi Gum Tree forest, where her son, Simon, was murdered, 1997. Mrs. Msweli's family were African National Congress (ANC) sympathisers and were repeatedly attacked by members of Inkatha. Two of her sons were killed during separate attacks. She testified to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that her son Simon and his friend had been kidnapped and taken to the Sappi Gum Tree forest where they were killed. She said the boys had been abducted by members of the stability unit and the KwaZulu police. She wanted the perpetrators to come forward so that she could establish why they did what they did and so that she could give them a piece of her mind before she would forgive them.
Identifier: islandora:755

Title: Tortured PLAN combatant handedover to ICRC for repatriation to Angola
Subject: Torture--Namibia, Prisoners of war--Namibia
Description: A People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) combatant tortured for information by Koevoet is handed over to the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) for repatriation back to Angola. Koevoet is the common name of the South West African Police Counter-Insurgency Unit (SWAPOL-COIN).
Identifier: islandora:6771

Title: Wounded Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) troops at a field hospital in Huambo Province, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, War--Angola--Relief of sick and wounded, Soldiers--Wounds and injuries--Angola,
Description: Wounded Forças Armadas Angolan (FAA) troops wait at a field hospital in the Huambo Province of Angola seeking medicine and food. A seriously hurt soldier bleeds to death.
Identifier: islandora:7076

Title: Philipstown
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Philipstown Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., This map forms part of the Imperial map of South Africa., The map shows farm boundaries and fences, farm names, divisional boundaries, roads, rivers and railways in the Philipstown area. The map also indicates hills, pans (often dry), homesteads, cultivated land and trees., Relief shown by hachures., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate.", Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., Copies 1064 and 1094 are mounted on linen. Map 1093 is not folded.
Identifier: islandora:24858

Title: Commandos from Forças Armadas Angolanan assault a suspected União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola soldier
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, AK-47 rifle,
Description: Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) commandos assault a União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) suspect.
Identifier: islandora:7067

Title: Albertina Mzimela and Ngoni Siza, KwaZulu-Natal, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Albertina Mzimela and Ngoni Siza, KwaZulu-Natal, 1998. Albertina and Ngoni were present at a family party in 1994 when Inkatha impi warriors burst into the house and opened fire. Four male relatives were killed.
Identifier: islandora:774

Title: Wife of the king of Ondonga shows theremains of her house after a firefight between SADF and PLAN
Subject: Women, Buildings--War damage
Description: The wife of the king of Ondonga, Immanuel Kauluma Elifas of Ondonga, shows the remains of her pantry after a firefight between South African Defence Force (SADF) soldiers and People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) combatants. Onamungundo.
Identifier: islandora:6807

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

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