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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: Members of M.O.T.H (Memorable Order of Tin Hats) observe a minute's silence in memory of fallen comrades on Moth Remembrance Day, 1988
Identifier: islandora:16646

Title: Mount Fletcher
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Mount Fletcher Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st 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 and divisional boundaries in the Mount Fletcher 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, red and brown., Map folds into an outer cover., The map is printed on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24845

Title: Nombuyiselo Mhlauli and Nyami Goniwe, Cradock Four widows, Cape Town, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Nombuyiselo Mhlauli and Nyami Goniwe, widows of two of the Cradock Four victims, Cape Town, 1998. 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:768

Title: Van Wyks Vlei
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Van Wyksvlei 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 Van Wyksvlei area., 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., The maps are printed on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24870

Title: General Magnus Malan, Pretoria, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Malan, Magnus, 1930-2011, Truth and Lies,
Description: General Magnus Malan, Pretoria, 1997. As Minister of Defense from 1980 to 1991 General Malan approved counter-insurgency operations in Mozambique and Angola and was responsible for setting up the 'Civil Co-operation Bureau' (CCB), a covert section of the South African Defence Force (SADF) responsible for disinformation and assassination. Malan did not apply for amnesty before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), but volunteered to testify. He has not been found guilty of any crime.
Identifier: islandora:770

Title: Maintaining contact with the outside world
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Telecommunication--Angola, Bailundo (Huambo, Angola)--Social conditions,
Description: A satellite dish in Bailundo in the Huambo Province of Angola enable União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) to maintain contact with the outside world.
Identifier: islandora:7022

Title: Annual war memorial ceremony, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1939-1945, Korean War, 1950-1953, Memorials, Veterans
Description: We Remember: Annual memorial ceremony at the Cenotaph, Adderley Street. The Cenotaph was erected in 1924 to honour soldiers who died in World War I, World War II and the Korean War.
Identifier: islandora:16640

Title: David Zweli Dlamini, Durban, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: David Zweli Dlamini was subpoenaed to give evidence to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) during the hearings into violence between members of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the African National Congress (ANC). He insisted on wearing a balaclava because he was afraid of revealing his identity as a member of the IFP's Caprivi Trainees, who were called upon to 'wipe out' United Democratic Front (UDF) and ANC supporters in KwaZulu-Natal. April 1998.
Identifier: islandora:787

Title: Delville Wood memorial complex, Company's Gardens, Cape Town, 1992
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), World War, 1914-1918, Recreation, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa)
Description: Fishpond at the Delville Wood memorial complex in the Company's Gardens, against a backdrop of Table Mountain
Identifier: islandora:17258

Title: Letter from Margarete (last name illegible), possibly in Bonn, to Frau Sorell, 1940
Subject: Bruch, Edith--Correspondence, World War, 1939-1945
Description: A letter from Margarete (last name illegible), possibly in Bonn, to Frau Sorell (née Bruch), 1940.
Identifier: islandora:29873

Title: Delville Wood Memorial, Cape Town
Subject: Soldiers, War memorials, Statues, ,
Description: Memorial in Cape Town Gardens.
Identifier: islandora:15261

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: Day of the Vow gathering, Cape Town
Subject: Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), War, Afrikaner Nationalism, Apartheid, Memorials, Culture
Description: The voice of Dr Connie Mulder carried the "samesang" at a Day of the Vow gathering at Groote Schuur Estate, Cape Town. This apartheid-era public holiday commemorated a victory over the Zulus under the leadership of Dingaan, and the anniversary and its commemoration were intimately connected with various streams of Afrikaner nationalism. The holiday was also known as Dingaan's Day and was declared a religious public holiday under the Nationalist government.
Identifier: islandora:16630

Title: Mount Huxely
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Mount Huxley 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 Mount Huxley 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., Printed in black and red., This map contains fewer details than the Mount Huxley maps, "Copyright, F.I.D. Cape Town, Sept. 1901.", Map folds into an outer cover., The map is mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24840

Title: Laingsburg
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Laingsburg Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Western 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 Laingsburg 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:24832

Title: Gideon Johannes Nieuwoudt, Cape Town, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Gideon Johannes Nieuwoudt, Cape Town, 1998. 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. Nieuwoudt was one of five security policemen who came forward to confess to the assault in 1997. His application for amnesty was successfully opposed by the Biko family.
Identifier: islandora:780

Title: Namaqualand
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Namaqualand (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Province (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., Map shows farm boundaries, farm names, farm roads, homesteads, divisional boundaries, grand trunk roads, trunk roads, branch roads, railways, telegraph lines, rivers, pans and hills in the Namaqualand, Kamaggas, Kamiesberg, Springbokfontein and Van Rhynsdorp areas. The map also indicates towns including Kamaggas (and mission house), Bowesdorp, Garies and Springbokfontein as well as the Ethel Chapel School and Leliefontein mission station., 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"., Printed in black and red., Map folds into an outer cover., The maps are mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24851

Title: Letter from Ruth Lindner, London, to Mrs Roy Sorell, Long Street, Cape Town, South Africa, 1940
Subject: Bruch, Edith--Correspondence, Lindner, Ruth--Correspondence, World War, 1939-1945
Description: A letter from Ruth Lindner, London, to Mrs Roy Sorell, Long Street, Cape Town, South Africa, 1940. The following is conveyed in the letter: congratulations from Ruth on the birth of a son to Edith and Roy; Ruth discusses her minor operation then talks of the German invasion of Holland (May 1940) and the stress she went through to determine whether her relations were alright. She tells how she eventually found out that they were, but states that she cannot bear for them to live ''under the government of these barbarians'' (ie. under the government of Nazi Germany).
Identifier: islandora:29874

Title: Sutherland
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Sutherland 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 Sutherland 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., Printed in black and red., Map folds into an outer cover., The maps are mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24863

Title: Destroyed classrooms at Mwala wa Nashilongo school
Subject: Buildings--War damage--Namibia--Owambo
Description: Destroyed classrooms at Mwala wa Nashilongo school bombed by 'unknown persons' near Tsandi, Uukwaluudhi in western Owambo.
Identifier: islandora:6977

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