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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

Title: Oral history interview with Mr and Mrs Howie [Part 2 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--South Africa--Interviews, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, South African, World War, 1939-1945--Women--Interviews
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., Pin5.11b.mp3: Part 2 of 3 ; 31:50 min. ; interview 11 of 19
Identifier: islandora:24968

Title: Slain PLAN combatant brought back to Koevoet base
Subject: War casualties--Namibia
Description: Slain People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) combatant is brought back to Koevoet base, tied to a casspir (armoured military tank), at Tsandi, Uukwaluudhi. Koevoet is the common name of the South West African Police Counter-Insurgency Unit (SWAPOL-COIN).
Identifier: islandora:6770

Title: Formation of the Union Government, Cape Town
Subject: South Africa. Parliament, Governments, Legislation, South African War, 1899-1902, , ,
Description: National convention 1909.
Identifier: islandora:15758

Title: Mount Huxley
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., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate"., Projection not given., Printed in black and red., This map differs from another Mount Huxley map, also "Copyright, F.I.D. Cape Town, Sept. 1901." This map has more printing in red., The map is torn along the top right and bottom left hand corners.
Identifier: islandora:24841

Title: 50th Anniversary of VE Day, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Memorials, World War, 1939-1945, South Africa. Parliament
Description: We Remember: National Assembly Speaker Frene Ginwala and senate leader Kobie Coetzee lay a wreath during a ceremony on the steps of Parliament in 1995 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of VE Day - the end of World War 2 in Europe.
Identifier: islandora:16644

Title: Charity Kondile, Butterworth township, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Charity Kondile, Transkei, 1997. Charity's son, Sizwe Kondile, was murdered in 1981 on the orders of Dirk Coetzee. She spent 9 years trying to find out what had happened to her son. In 1996 she attended the amnesty hearings in Durban where in Coetzee's presence she heard how Sizwe was illegaly detained by police, beaten during interrogation, poisoned, shot and burned on a braai. According to Coetzee, the police had been scared they might have had a 'second Biko' case on their hands.
Identifier: islandora:756

Title: Oral history interview with Mr and Mrs Howie [Part 3 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--South Africa--Interviews, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, South African, World War, 1939-1945--Women--Interviews
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., Pin5.12a.mp3: Part 3 of 3 ; 31:56 min. ; interview 12 of 19
Identifier: islandora:24969

Title: First-time voter takes directions at the first general elections held in Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Angola--Politics and government--1975-, Elections--Angola, Angola--Assembléia Nacional--Elections, 1992,
Description: First-time voter takes directions at the first general elections held on 29 and 30 September 1992, to elect a President and National Assembly. This was the first attempt at holding multi-party elections ending 17 years of civil war. 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:7044

Title: Grahams Town
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Grahamstown 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 grand trunk roads, trunk roads, branch roads, farm roads, rivers, hills, pans, telegraph lines, railways, homesteads, farm boundaries, farm names and divisional boundaries in the Grahamstown 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:24828

Title: Memorial service held in front of the War Memorial, Cape Town
Subject: Soldiers, War memorials, Statues, ,
Description: Memorial service arranged for Coloured ex-serviceman. Klischograph
Identifier: islandora:15260

Title: Kuito, Angola, 1994
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Kuito (Angola), Buildings--War damage--Angola--Kuito, Women--Angola--Kuito,
Description: Two Angolans walk past a ruined building in the city of Kuito, Angola. The city was destroyed during heavy fighting in 1993 and 1994. A United Nations (UN) brokered a ceasefire in 1994.
Identifier: islandora:7021

Title: Body of a refugee in a corridor of the Josina Machel Hospital, Luanda, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Social aspects, War victims--Angola, Dead--Angola,
Description: The body of a refugee lies covered in a corridor of the Josina Machel Hospital.
Identifier: islandora:7007

Title: Oral history interview with Mr H.J. Bates [Part 3 of 5]
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., Pin5.03a.mp3: Part 3 of 5 ; 31:56 min. ; interview 3 of 19
Identifier: islandora:24997

Title: 50th anniversary of World War I, Cape Town, 1964
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), World War, 1914-1918, Memorials, Sculpture
Description: War Memorial to the First World War, 50 years ago today. Tribute is being paid by Mr W. B. Swanson.
Identifier: islandora:17120

Title: Nylstroom
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Nylstroom 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 Nylstroom 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., Map 487 is mounted on linen. The other copies are not folded.
Identifier: islandora:24856

Title: Magnus Malan, Pretoria, 1998
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: Magnus Malan, Pretoria, 1998.
Identifier: islandora:761

Title: Food aid, Mozambique, 1968
Subject: Refugees--Mozambique, War--Mozambique, Decolonization--Mozambique, Food relief--Mozambique, Winer Batch01,
Description: Relief workers carrying food aid to Mozambican refugees displaced by the independence war, Lower Shire River, Chikwawa Valley, Malawi-Mozambique border, 1968.
Identifier: islandora:12530

Title: Ladysmith
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Ladysmith Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., Map showing farm names, farm boundaries, roads, rivers, railways, dams, hills, pans (often dry), telegraph lines, homesteads, divisional boundaries, railways, cultivated lands and trees in the Ladysmith, Dundee, Newcastle, Utrecht, Pomeroy and Helpmekaar 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 maps are mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24850

Title: Standing guard
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Men with disabilities--Angola,
Description: A Forças Armadas Populares de Libertação de Angola (FAPLA) soldier stands guard in a war-damaged building in Santa Clara, the Angolan border post with Namibia. A man with one leg stands in the foreground.
Identifier: islandora:7032

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