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Title: Student protest, UWC
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Student protesters--South Africa,
Description: Student protesters overwhelmed by teargas on the UWC (University of the Western Cape) campus, Bellville, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:12578

Title: Call of Islam event, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Islam and politics--South Africa, Muslim women--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa,
Description: Fatima Meer at a 'Call of Islam salutes women' event in Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12627

Title: Black Sash, Magopa, 1984
Subject: Women political activists, Demonstrations, Black Sash (Society), Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Black Sash protest, Magopa, 1984.
Identifier: islandora:857

Title: Activists at a demonstration, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Demonstrations--South Africa, Gerwel, G. J. (G. Jakes), Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946-,
Description: Jakes Gerwel, Franklin Sonn, Essa Moosa and Alan Boesak discuss student wellbeing at a Pentech and University of the Western Cape (UWC) march., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12641

Title: Schoolboy arrested, Cape Town, 1987
Subject: Student protesters, Youth--Political activity, Political prisoners, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: A schoolboy is arrested during protests against the 1987 white parliamentary elections in Athlone township, Cape Town, May 1987. In 1986, some 25,000 people were imprisoned without trial under the Emergency regulations. Of that number, 10,000 were children under the age of eighteen. In April 1987, the government stated that only 1,400 children were still in detention.
Identifier: islandora:880

Title: Workers' theater, Johannesburg, 1987
Subject: Women labor union members, Workers' theatre, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: A delegation of women from the Food and Allied Workers Union participates in the Congress of South African Trade Unions' Culture Day, held as part of the union federation's 2nd National Conference. Theater is used for political expression. Women from Crossroads squatter town, for example, performed a well-received play, Imfuduso, dramatising their long struggle to preserve their homes.
Identifier: islandora:864

Title: Desmond Tutu and Allan Boesak, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Religious leaders--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Tutu, Desmond, Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946-, St. George's Cathedral (Cape Town, South Africa),
Description: Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Allan Boesak and others at a church service in St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12652

Title: Torture victim, South Africa, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Mpumalanga, Political violence--South Africa--Mpumalanga, Torture victims--South Africa--Mpumalanga, Men--South Africa--Mpumalanga, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Mpumalanga, Best of Marinovich
Description: A victim of torture by KwaNdebele homeland police, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:1220

Title: Anti-apartheid conference, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Congresses and conventions--South Africa,
Description: Anti-apartheid conference in Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12650

Title: Saying goodbye, Leandra township, Transvaal, April 1986
Subject: Youth--Political activity, Vigilantes, Grief, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: A mother from Leandra township is overcome with emotion as she says goodbye to her son. Many young activists from Leandra fled to Johannesburg to escape right-wing vigilantes, thereby disrupting their education.
Identifier: islandora:856

Title: Funeral of Ashley Kriel, Langa township, 1987
Subject: Funeral service, Kriel, Ashley, -1987--Death and burial, Police, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Police attempt to remove an African National Congress (ANC) flag draped over the coffin of slain ANC member, Ashley Kriel, in Langa township, Cape Town. Symbols of the ANC, though illegal, were visible at funerals, an insistent reminder of the political meaning of the deaths.
Identifier: islandora:894

Title: Hostel wars, South Africa, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Political violence--South Africa--Johannesburg, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Johannesburg, Best of Marinovich
Description: African National Congress (ANC) supporters attack Lindsaye Tshabalala, a suspected nkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporter, at Inhlazane Station, 1990.
Identifier: islandora:1213

Title: IFP mass graves, South Africal, 1993
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Pietermaritzburg, Political violence--South Africa--Pietermaritzburg, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Pietermaritzburg, Goats--South Africa--Pietermaritzburg, Mass burials--South Africa--Pietermaritzburg, Best of Marinovich
Description: A goat stands on mass graves of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters killed in fighting with African National Congress (ANC) members at Table Mountain, near Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, 1993.
Identifier: islandora:1184

Title: Ivan Toms with Desmond Tutu, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Tutu, Desmond, Religious leaders--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Press--South Africa, Conscientious objectors--South Africa,
Description: Concientious objector, Dr. Ivan Toms with Desmond Tutu, on his release from prison in Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12651

Title: Oral history interview with Mr Pitchard [Part 3 of 4]
Subject: Oral history, Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Interviews, Civil rights movements--South Africa, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Colored people (South Africa)--Political activity, South Africa--Politics and government--1909-1948
Description: The interviews in this collection cover a wide range of topics linked to coloured identity, political organisations and activities in South Africa during the 1940s and post-1948 era. It includes information on protest actions, the defiance campaign, the torch commando, boycotts and train resistance efforts following the 1948 National Party election. Themes include the Anti-Coloured Affairs Department movement (Anti-CAD), civic organisations, education and welfare, the introduction of the Group Areas Act, political parties, race and class issues, the removal of coloured men from the national voters roll in 1956 and the Unity Movement., Pin3.07a.mp3: Part 3 of 4 ; 31:55 min. ; interview 7 of 11
Identifier: islandora:19416

Title: Desmond Tutu, KwaThema township, 1986
Subject: Tutu, Desmond, Funeral service, Political violence, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks out against "necklace" killings at a funeral in KwaThema township, Transvaal (now Gauteng). Necklace killings only stopped after the United Democractic Front (UDF), the African National Congress (ANC), and other popular groups condemned the practice.
Identifier: islandora:897

Title: Media being arrested by apartheid police, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Press--South Africa--Cape Town, Demonstrations--South Africa--Cape Town, Political history--South Africa--Cape Town, Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Cameraman Craig Matthews and his soundman, who were filming anti-apartheid protests in Cape Town, are arrested by police with orders to prevent media coverage of the unrest, October 1985, Cape Town, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:5340

Title: Zubeida Jaffer and family, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Dinners and dining--South Africa, Kitchens--South Africa,
Description: Anti-apartheid activist, Zubeida Jaffer, sharing a meal with her family at their home in Wynberg, Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12628

Title: UDF meeting, Pietermaritzburg, 1983
Subject: Gumede, Archie, Public meetings, Anti-apartheid movements, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: United Democratic Front (UDF) president, Archie Gumede (centre), leads the singing at the UDF's first public meeting in Pietermaritzburg.
Identifier: islandora:878

Title: Oral history interview with Mrs Thuisiers [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Interviews, Civil rights movements--South Africa, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Colored people (South Africa)--Political activity, South Africa--Politics and government--1909-1948
Description: The interviews in this collection cover a wide range of topics linked to coloured identity, political organisations and activities in South Africa during the 1940s and post-1948 era. It includes information on protest actions, the defiance campaign, the torch commando, boycotts and train resistance efforts following the 1948 National Party election. Themes include the Anti-Coloured Affairs Department movement (Anti-CAD), civic organisations, education and welfare, the introduction of the Group Areas Act, political parties, race and class issues, the removal of coloured men from the national voters roll in 1956 and the Unity Movement., Pin3.09b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 13:34 min. ; interview 9 of 11
Identifier: islandora:19411

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