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Title: Craig Williamson, Pretoria, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Craig Williamson, 'apartheid superspy', was a former police officer who joined military intelligence and headed the security branch's foreign section. He was also involved in anti-apartheid politics as vice-president of NUSAS (National Union of South African Students) in 1976 and knew Jeanette and Marius Schoon personally. Williamson applied to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for amnesty for the murders of Ruth First and Jeanette and Katryn Schoon, who were all killed by letter bombs commissioned by him.
Identifier: islandora:802

Title: Ngive (a border town in Southern Angola) in ruins after the withdrawal of troops from the South African Defence Force in 1990.
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Buildings--War damage--Angola--Cunene (Province),
Description: Ngive, a town in the Cunene Province of Angola is deserted and ruined after the withdrawal of troops from the South African Defence Force in 1990.
Identifier: islandora:7077

Title: Remains of soldier after battle
Subject: Dead, War casualties
Description: Remains of soldier after battle, Ombalantu.
Identifier: islandora:6800

Title: Military monument, Luanda, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Armored vehicles, Military--Angola,
Description: A Soviet personnel carrier crushes a South African Defence Force Eland armoured car captured during the 1980's in Angola. União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) election posters were pasted onto this Forças Armadas Populares de Libertação de Angola (FAPLA) monument.
Identifier: islandora:7040

Title: Gunners' Memorial, Cape Town, 1966
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), World War, 1914-1918, Recreation, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa)
Description: Gunners' memorial, part of the Delville Wood memorial complex in the Company's Gardens, Cape Town, 1966.
Identifier: islandora:17256

Title: De Kaap
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., De Kaap Valley Region (Mpumalanga, South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., Map showing De Kaap, the Lydenburg district, Jamestown and Pilgrims Rest, rivers (including the Crocodile River), railways and the De Kaap goldfields. The map also indicates main roads, farm roads, hills, pans, telegraph lines, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries and divisional boundaries., Relief shown by hachures., "G.F.N. Henderson [,] Colonel. Director of Military Intelligence"., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., The maps are mounted on linen. Advertisements have been pasted onto both copies obscuring the key and other information.
Identifier: islandora:24823

Title: Kenhart
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Kenhardt Region (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, telegraph lines, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries, divisional boundaries, railways and outspans in the Kenhart, Kakamas and Keimoes areas., Relief shown by hachures., "South Africa having never been properly surveyed, this map must necessarily contain many inaccuracies.", Projection not given., Co-ordinates not given., Printed in black, brown and blue., Map 739 is printed on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24831

Title: Robert McBride, Pretoria, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, McBride, Robert, Truth and Lies,
Description: Robert McBride, Pretoria, 1997. McBride applied for amnesty for a number of bombings carried out in his role as unit commander of the African National Congress (ANC)'s special operations unit.
Identifier: islandora:784

Title: Quick puff before the flight
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Military helicopters--Angola, War photographers--Angola,
Description: A soldier takes a quick puff from a cigarette before take off. In the background is John Clemento, a London-based cameraman.
Identifier: islandora:7063

Title: Remains of the Roman Catholic Church at Okanimekwa, after bombing
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, Buildings--War damage
Description: Remains of the Roman Catholic Church at Okanimekwa, after bombing.
Identifier: islandora:6962

Title: Upington
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Upington 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 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 Upington 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., Not all of the co-ordinates are given., Printed in black and red., Map folds into an outer cover., The map is mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24866

Title: José dos Santos Eduardo O futuro tranquilo
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Angola--Politics and government--1975-,
Description: Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) election billboard from September 1992 predicts a tranquil future for Angola. Unfortunately, subsequent events were far from tranquil.
Identifier: islandora:7051

Title: Brigadier Willem Schoon, Pretoria, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Brigadier Willem Schoon, Pretoria, 1998. Schoon was a former head of C section, the anti-terrorism unit of the South African Police (SAP) security branch responsible for liaising with the commanders of the undercover unit at Vlakplaas. He applied for amnesty for his involvement in numerous cases of murder and abduction, claiming that he was forced to participate in such actions by the circumstances that prevailed at the time. He received amnesty and is retired.
Identifier: islandora:781

Title: Gunship landing in Balombo, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Gunships (Military aircraft)--Angola,
Description: A MI-24 multi-purpose gunship belonging to the Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) lands in Balombo in the Benguela Province of Angola.
Identifier: islandora:6989

Title: Soldiers from Forças Armadas Angolanan beat a suspected deserter
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Social aspects, Soldiers--Angola,
Description: A suspected deserter is found in the local market in Ganda, Angola and beaten by soldiers from Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) as they assert their authority over the town.
Identifier: islandora:7065

Title: Williston
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Williston 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 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 Williston 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 map is mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24805

Title: Veterans, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), War memorials, Memorials, Veterans, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1914-1918
Description: Mr Joe Samuels, (90) from Fort Lauderdale (centre) on parade.
Identifier: islandora:16645

Title: Roger 'Jerry' Raven, Pretoria, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Roger ('Jerry') Raven, Pretoria, 1998. Raven was the explosives expert responsible for the letter bombs that killed Ruth First, Jeanette and six-year-old Katryn Schoon.
Identifier: islandora:783

Title: Cenotaph war memorial, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1939-1945, Korean War, 1950-1953, Memorials
Description: We Remember: Mrs Gwen Bliquey of the SA Ex-Servicewomen's League pays her respects after laying a wreath at the ceremony at the Cenotaph war memorial in Adderley Street yesterday. The Cenotaph was erected in Adderley Street in 1924 to honour soldiers who died in World War I, World War II and the Korean War.
Identifier: islandora:16638

Title: Ntsiki Biko, Steve Biko's widow, Port Elizabeth, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Ntsiki Biko, widow of Steve Biko, Port Elizabeth, 1997. Steve Biko, the leader of the Black Consciousness movement, died in Pretoria on 12 September 1977. He was beaten into a coma during interrogation by security officers. The inquest found that Biko had died of head injuries inflicted over a period of several days during his detention. Five security policemen came forward to confess to the assault in 1997. The application for amnesty was successfully opposed by the Biko family.
Identifier: islandora:801

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