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Title: Great Trek Commemoration, Pretoria, South Africa
Subject: South Africa-- History--Great Trek, 1836-1840--Anniversaries, etc., Role playing, Political history--South Africa--Pretoria, Afrikaners--Social life and customs
Description: Commemoration of the Afrikaners' Great Trek, Pretoria, South Africa, December 1988.
Identifier: islandora:5354

Title: Young children in front of their apartment block, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: Three young boys and a girl stand before their apartment block in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18544

Title: Woman purchasing fruit, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: An elderly woman purchases goods from a fruit and vegetable store in District Six, Cape Town in the late 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18538

Title: Grace Humphries: South African San Institute
Subject: Humphries, Grace, Humphries, Grace, San (African people), San (African people), San (African people)--Land tenure--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Land tenure--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--History, San (African people)--History, South African San Institute, South African San Institute, ,
Description: This short clip is an extract from Tracks Across Sand: the Khomani San of the southern Kalahari : the story of a land claim, and provides a brief introduction to the South African San Institute (SASI) which is responsible for managing San development projects in the southern Kalahari.
Identifier: islandora:26339

Title: Marikana torture victim, South Africa, 2012
Subject: Miners--South Africa--North-West, Unskilled labor--South Africa--North-West, Strikes and lockouts--Miners--South Africa--North-West, Police brutality--South Africa--North-West, History--Political aspects--South Africa--North-West, Best of Marinovich
Description: �Bhele� Tholakele Dlunga was tortured by police while in custody as part of what seems to be a systematic intimidation campaign against witnesses to the Marikana Massacre, Wonderkop, Marikana, 2012.
Identifier: islandora:1180

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) try to force their way into a Nancefield hostel room where a Pondo man, accused of being an African National Congress (ANC) supporter, hides. Soweto, 1990.
Identifier: islandora:1208

Title: Boipatong massacre, South Africa, 1992
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Boipatong, Political violence--South Africa--Boipatong, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Boipatong, Mourning customs--South Africa--Boipatong, Funeral rites and ceremonies--South Africa--Boipatong, Best of Marinovich
Description: Family members mourning the death of Aaron Mathope and his mother. On a winter�s night in the Vaal, 45 people were killed when a large group of men rampaged through Boipatong township. Klaas Mathope and many other survivors maintained that it had not been only Zulus who had attacked them, but white policemen too. Klaas's wife and 9-month-old son, Aaron, were murdered in the attack in 1992.
Identifier: islandora:1193

Title: Old buildings on a quiet street in District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: Old, rund-down buildings on a quiet street in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18540

Title: Potplants on the windowsill of a home, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: Pot plants placed on the windowsill outside a home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18511

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: Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography, 1991: an African National Congress (ANC) supporter swings a machete into Lindsaye Tshabalala's blazing head. Tshabalala was suspected of being an Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporter. Inhlazane Station, 1990.
Identifier: islandora:1211

Title: Woman pays a roadside vendor, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: A woman purchases goods from a pavement vendor in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18504

Title: Sketch map of South Africa shewing railways completed, proposed, with possible completion of system
Subject: Railroads -- South Africa -- History., South Africa -- Maps.
Description: The map indicates completed railways (solid black lines), proposed railways (solid red lines) and "with possible completion of system" (dotted red lines). The map predates the founding of Johannesburg (only Pretoria and Potchefstroom are indicated in the Transvaal Republic). Manuscript annotation on map: "Circa 1885. No Johannesburg yet!" There are no Natal railways drawn in., "Roughly drawn on transfer paper in the Surveyor General's Office, by A. E. C. Transferred to stone and printed by Saul Solomon & Co., St George's St Cape Town.", Bar scale on map in miles.
Identifier: islandora:19681

Title: Woman standing in a doorway, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: A woman stands in the doorway of her home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18527

Title: Young girl playing with stones, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: A young girl plays with stones on the ground outside her home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18519

Title: !Ui-Taa languages in South Africa : past and present
Subject: San (African people)--Languages, San languages--History, San (African people)--Africa, Southern--Ethnic identity, San (African people)--Languages--Classification, ,
Description: This poster includes a thematic map showing "the distribution of the original !Ui-Taa languages spoken by San people in South Africa during the 18th and 19th centuries" including |Xam, Seroa, ||Kũ||e, |Uingkekwe, #Unkwe, N|u, N|uu, ||Xegwi, !Gã!ne, |'Auo, |Haasi, Sesarwa, N|usan, and !Xóõ. The poster includes a guide to the various languages and photographs of various speakers. [Scale included]
Identifier: islandora:27306

Title: Daughter of Sharpeville massacre victim mourns beside his grave, Vereeniging, South Africa
Subject: Cemeteries--South Africa--Vereeniging, Political violence--South Africa--Vereeniging, Apartheid--South Africa--Vereeniging, Political history--South Africa--Vereeniging
Description: Joyce Mohlatsane's little daughter comforts her grieving mother, while praying by the grave of her PAC (Pan African Congress) father who was killed in the 1960 Sharpeville massacre, when police fired into a black crowd protesting apartheid pass laws, killing 69 and injuring 180, Sharpeville, South Africa, 21 March 1992.
Identifier: islandora:5368

Title: Newspaper seller, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: A newspaper vendor poses with his newspapers in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18525

Title: Armed South African Defence Force (SADF) conscripts marching
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, South Africa--Armed Forces
Description: Armed South African Defence Force (SADF) conscripts marching.
Identifier: islandora:6984

Title: Boipatong massacre, South Africa, 1992
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Boipatong, Political violence--South Africa--Boipatong, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Boipatong, Murder victims--South Africa--Boipatong, Dead, Best of Marinovich
Description: The aunt of nine-month-old Aaron Mathope sits next to his body in Boipatong township, south of Johannesburg, 1992. On this day, 45 people were killed by Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporting Zulus. Aaron and his mother were hacked to death, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) found both the IFP and the security forces of the then-white regime responsible.
Identifier: islandora:1221

Title: Residents standing outside their shacks, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: A woman empties a large bowl while men stand and watch outside their shack homes in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18528

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