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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

Title: Graaff Reinet
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Graaff-Reinet 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 roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries and divisional boundaries in the Graaff Reinet 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:24827

Title: Burghersdorp
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Burgersdorp Region (Eastern Cape, South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., Map showing towns including Burghersdorp, Albert, Steynsburg, Venterstad, Sterkstroom, Molteno and Maraisburg, with roads, rivers, hills, railways, telegraph lines, farm names, farm boundaries and fences, divisional boundaries, homesteads, cultivated land and trees., "Route taken by Gorringe's Flying Column with ambulance wagon, etc, and heaviest gun 15 pounder." "Other roads." "Bridletracks available for mounted squadrons and pack mules." "Tracks or roads over which guns, etc were taken on the march.", Relief shown by hachures., "G.F.N. Henderson [,] Colonel. Director of Military Inteligence"., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate"., Map folds into an outer cover., Projection not given., The maps are mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24818

Title: Day after the bombing of the Continetal Hotel
Subject: Bombings, Atrocities--Namibia, Buildings--War damage
Description: The day after the bombing of the Continental Hotel, Windhoek.
Identifier: islandora:6854

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: The Times map of British South Africa, the Transvaal and Orange Free State
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., South Africa -- Maps., Africa, Southern -- Maps.
Description: Map of South Africa during the South African War (1899-1902), showing British South Africa, the South African Republic, the Orange Free State, Portuguese and German territory, cities and towns, roads, railways in use, railways under construction, proclaimed goldfields, telegraph lines, mountains and mountain passes, mission stations, rivers, principal steamship routes with distances plus a table of railway distances and a table of heights above sea level in feet., Relief shown by hachures and spot heights., Map folds into an outer cover., Insets: Map of the Natal frontier from Ladysmith to Charlestown. Scale [ca. 1:160 934] -- Witwatersrand. Scale [ca. 1:482 803] -- Kimberley district. Scale [ca. 1: 804 672] -- Mafeking district. Scale [ca. 1:804 672] -- Wales. Scale 1:2 500 000.
Identifier: islandora:19520

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: Ermelo
Subject: Ermelo Region (South Africa) -- Maps., South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., Map showing farm names, farm boundaries and fences, roads, rivers, railways, dams, hills, pans (often dry), telegraph lines, homesteads, divisional boundaries, railways, cultivated lands and trees in the Ermelo, Carolina, Belfast, Middelburg, Bethal and Amsterdam areas., 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., The map is mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24825

Title: Plan aantoonende de posities van de burgermachten der Z.A.R. en O.V.S. bij Ladysmith en aan de Tugela, 15 Jan. 1900
Subject: Transvaal (South Africa) -- Maps., Free State (South Africa) -- Maps., KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) -- Maps., South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps.
Description: Map of the positions of the burgher forces of the South African Republic and Orange Free State in the area of Ladysmith and the Tugela River on 15 January 1900. The map shows the positions of laagers, artillery and signal light stations., Map printed white on blue with coded colour added to the different position symbols.
Identifier: islandora:19537

Title: Philipstown
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Philipstown Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This map forms part of the Imperial map of South Africa., The map shows railways, farm boundaries and fences, divisional boundaries, homesteads and cultivated land in the Philipstown area., No edition statement., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate.", Projection not given., Printed in blue., Neither copy is folded.
Identifier: islandora:24860

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: Oral history interview with Mr P.W. McMinn [Part 1 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--South Africa--Interviews, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, South African
Description: This sub-collection centres on the diverse war experiences of the interviewees, mainly in in North Africa, Italy and South Africa. It contains information about prisoner of war experiences in Italy and Germany and repatriation through the Port of Odessa in 1945. Themes include: 1948 elections in South Africa, desert warfare at El Alamain, entry into the armed forces, family background, war experiences in Mogadishu and Normandy, post-war politics in South Africa, the psychological effects of war, schooling; war and women's employment in the armed forces., Pin5.13a.mp3: Part 1 of 3 ; 31:57 min. ; interview 13 of 19
Identifier: islandora:25008

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: Hopefield
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Hopefield 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 grand trunk roads, trunk roads, branch roads, farm roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries and divisional boundaries in the Hopefield 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 co-ordinates are given., Printed in black and red., Map folds into an outer cover., The map is mounted on linen. The bottom section of the map appears to be cut off, with loss of information.
Identifier: islandora:24829

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