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Title: Teargas at ANC funeral, South Africa, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Thokoza, Political violence--South Africa--Thokoza, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Thokoza, Tear gas--South Africa--Thokoza, Best of Marinovich
Description: Mourners at an African National Congress (ANC) supporter�s funeral being teargassed by the police, Thokoza, 1990.
Identifier: islandora:1181

Title: Police search at train station, South Africa, 1992
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Soweto, Political violence--South Africa--Soweto, Soweto (South Africa)--Social conditions, Railroad stations--South Africa--Soweto, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Soweto, Best of Marinovich
Description: Police search African National Congress (ANC) supporters at a train station in Soweto, 1992. Hundreds were killed on trains, often by masked men. Some were later identified as police agents, while others claimed the minibus taxi bosses organised the deaths to force customers to use their mode of transport.
Identifier: islandora:1205

Title: Violence in Alexandra township, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Squatter settlements--South Africa--Gauteng, Law enforcement--South Africa--Gauteng, Apartheid--South Africa--Gauteng, Political history--South Africa--Gauteng, Political violence--South Africa--Gauteng, Demonstrations--South Africa--Gauteng
Description: Police fire at residents who defied orders not to march on Inkatha-occupied hostels from which the Zulus had been launching attacks on township dwellers, Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 March 1992.
Identifier: islandora:5369

Title: Police dispersing student protestors, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Political history--South Africa-- Johannesburg, Demonstrations--South Africa-- Johannesburg, Student movements--South Africa-- Johannesburg, Education--South Africa-- Johannesburg, Apartheid--South Africa-- Johannesburg, Youth--South Africa-- Johannesburg
Description: Students from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), who took to the streets with their protest against apartheid, are dispersed violently by police with batons and their dogs, Johannesburg, South Africa, 30 May 1986.
Identifier: islandora:5346

Title: Setting fire to barricades, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Demonstrations--South Africa--Cape Town, Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Segregation----South Africa--Cape Town, Political history--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Protestors set fire to ambushed trucks and other material used to barricade streets against the police during nationwide anti-apartheid riots, October 1985, Athlone, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:5341

Title: Hostel wars, South Africa, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Soweto, Political violence--South Africa--Soweto, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Soweto, Best of Marinovich
Description: Zulu supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) hack and beat a Pondo man accused of being an ANC (African National Congress) supporter, Nancefield hostel, Soweto, 1990.
Identifier: islandora:1209

Title: Zulu warriors, South Africa, 1994
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, History--Political aspects--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, Demonstrations--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, Zulu (African people)--Clothing, Best of Marinovich
Description: IFP (Inkatha Freedom Party) supporting amabutho (warriors) on their way to a rally on a misty morning in KwaZulu-Natal, 1994.
Identifier: islandora:1194

Title: Funeral, South Africa, 1993
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Heidelberg (Gauteng), Political violence--South Africa--Heidelberg (Gauteng), Funeral rites and ceremonies--South Africa--Heidelberg (Gauteng), History--Political aspects--South Africa--Heidelberg (Gauteng), Football teams--South Africa--Heidelberg (Gauteng), Best of Marinovich
Description: A football team buries their teammate, who was killed in crossfire between African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) fighters, while playing soccer in Ratanda township, Heidelberg, 1993.
Identifier: islandora:1202

Title: Survivor of IFP attack, South Africa, 1996
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, History--Political aspects--South Africa, Torture victims--South Africa, Best of Marinovich
Description: 1996: An African National Congress (ANC) survivor, whose face shows the wounds he suffered during an attack on Christmas Day a year earlier (1995). The late Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) warlord, Sqolosa Xolo, led his men to massacre over 25 ANC supporters on Christmas Day 1995. He was never charged in the case, despite there being eyewitness testimony.
Identifier: islandora:1224

Title: Youth injured in anti-apartheid protest, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Demonstrations--South Africa--Cape Town, Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Segregation----South Africa--Cape Town, Political history--South Africa--Cape Town, Youth--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: A youth, shot by police during anti-apartheid protests, is bundled into a car to take him to a private doctor. Any gunshot victims who were hospitalized risked arrest by police. October 1985, Athlone, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:5343

Title: Burning barricades, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Demonstrations--South Africa--Cape Town, Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Segregation----South Africa--Cape Town, Political history--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Burning barricades in the streets of Athlone during protests and riots against apartheid, October 1985, Cape Town, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:5342

Title: Negotiations prior to first democratic election, Kempton Park, South Africa
Subject: Politicians--South Africa--Kempton Park, Political history--South Africa--Kempton Park, Apartheid--South Africa--Kempton Park, Elections--South Africa--Kempton Park, Ramaphosa, Cyril
Description: NP's Roelf Meyer (left) and African National Congress (ANC)'s Cyril Ramaphosa, the two main negotiators for the two largest parties engaged in constitutional settlement talks prior to South Africa's first democratic elections, Kempton Park, South Africa, 19 April 1994.
Identifier: islandora:5376

Title: Crowd awaiting Mandela's release, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Ex-prisoners, Political history--South Africa--Cape Town, Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Politicians--South Africa--Cape Town, Ex-presidents--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: A huge crowd of expectant South Africans await the arrival of freed political prisoner Nelson Mandela on the day of his release from jail, Grand Parade, Cape Town, South Africa, 11 February 1990.
Identifier: islandora:5359

Title: Election violence, South Africa, 1994
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Bekkersdal, Political violence--South Africa--Bekkersdal, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Bekkersdal, Dead, Best of Marinovich
Description: Azanian People's Organisation (Azapo) supporters pull their dead and wounded members back after having charged at African National Congress (ANC) supporters in clashes between the police, army, Azapo and the ANC in Bekkersdal township, 1994.
Identifier: islandora:1198

Title: Homemade gun, South Africa, circa 1993
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Kwamashu, Political violence--South Africa--Kwamashu, Weapons--South Africa--Kwamashu, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Kwamashu, Best of Marinovich
Description: An African National Congress (ANC) supporter checks out his 'kwash' (homemade pistol) during clashes with Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), KwaMashu, KwaZulu-Natal, circa 1993.
Identifier: islandora:1207

Title: Hostel interior, South Africa, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Thokoza, Thokoza (South Africa)--Social conditions, Housing--South Africa--Thokoza, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Thokoza, Best of Marinovich
Description: A room inside the Mshaya'zafe hostel, Thokoza, near Johannesburg, 1990. The migrant workers' hostel was later destroyed in clashes between the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and African National Congress (ANC). Thousands of people, both civilians and combatants, died in the so-called "Hostel War" that lasted from 1989-1995.
Identifier: islandora:1204

Title: Election violence, South Africa, 1995
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Umlazi, Political violence--South Africa--Umlazi, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Umlazi, AK-47 rifle, Best of Marinovich
Description: An Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporter runs with an AK-47 during a march in Umlazi township, south of Durban, 1995.
Identifier: islandora:1201

Title: AWB supporters interrupt NP political rally, Pietersburg, South Africa
Subject: Political history-- South Africa--Limpopo, Political violence-- South Africa--Limpopo, Apartheid-- South Africa--Limpopo, Demonstrations--South Africa--Limpopo, Politicians--South Africa--Limpopo
Description: Rise of the Right; At a National Party (NP) political rally, members of the Afrikaner Resistance (AWB) forcibly take over the stage and prevent apartheid government Foreign Minister, Pik Botha, from speaking. Here AWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche, addresses the crowd, Pietersburg, South Africa, 22 May 1986.
Identifier: islandora:5345

Title: Election violence, South Africa, 1994
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Bekkersdal, Political violence--South Africa--Bekkersdal, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Bekkersdal, Best of Marinovich
Description: Azanian People's Organisation (Azapo) supporters fire at African National Congress (ANC) supporters in clashes between the police, army, Azapo and the ANC in Bekkersdal township, 1994.
Identifier: islandora:1196

Title: ANC victory celebrations, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Political history--South Africa--Johannesburg, Elections--South Africa--Johannesburg, Democracy--South Africa--Johannesburg, Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: African National Congress (ANC) supporters embrace in celebration of victory in South Africa's first all-race presidential elections, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 1994.
Identifier: islandora:5378

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