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Title: Police arrest UWO members, Cape Town, 1985
Subject: Women political activists, Demonstrations, Arrest (Police methods), Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Leaders of the United Women's Organisation (UWO) are turned back from parliament and arrested during a march to protest against the massacre in which police killed twenty-two people in the Eastern Cape township of Langa. Eyewitnesses maintained that the police shot innocent people, part of a funeral procession, without provocation.
Identifier: islandora:883

Title: Shipwreck, Blouberg, Cape Town
Subject: Bloubergstrand (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Beaches, Shipping, Weather, History
Description: Picked bare by the merciless sea and weather, the bones of a once-proud galleon or, perhaps, clipper ship, lie forgotten on a deserted stretch of beach near Blouberg.
Identifier: islandora:16894

Title: Oral history interview with Stella Johannessen
Subject: Oral history, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Alcohol--Government policy--South Africa
Description: This project spans three sub-collections. This case study in Windermere/Kensington in the Western Cape focuses on the coloured residents of the area and examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: discriminatory laws, government policy, housing, racialised spaces and the smuggling of alcohol by residents and shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold)., Pin9.08a.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 23:45 min. ; interview 8 of 15
Identifier: islandora:29635

Title: Oral history interview with Tom Hanmer [Part 3 of 3]
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., Pin3.05a.mp3: Part 3 of 3 ; 18:03 min. ; interview 5 of 11
Identifier: islandora:19403

Title: Oral history interview with Regina Seleka [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Alcohol--Government policy--South Africa
Description: This project spans three sub-collections. This case study in Langa in the Western Cape examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: African traditional beer (umqombothi), anti-government protests, discriminatory laws, the Eastern Cape, government beer halls, government policy with respect to alcohol, hostels, housing, migrant labour, racialised spaces, the 1976 riots, shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold) and the smuggling of alcohol by residents., Pin8.13b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 12:20 min. ; interview 13 of 17
Identifier: islandora:29660

Title: AWB execution, Bophuthatswana, 1994
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Bophuthatswana, Political violence--South Africa--Bophuthatswana, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Bophuthatswana, Right-wing extremists--South Africa--Bophuthatswana, Murder victims--South Africa--Bophuthatswana, Best of Marinovich
Description: Members of the far right-wing Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) were executed in a shoot-out by Bophuthatswana soldiers during an abortive right-wing attempt to prop up homeland leader, Lucas Mangope, who refused to participate in the first democratic, non-racial elections in South Africa. March 1994.
Identifier: islandora:1203

Title: Albertina Sisulu briefs protestors, Johannesburg, 1984
Subject: Sisulu, Albertina, 1918-2011, Anti-apartheid activists, Woman political activists, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Albertina Sisulu, a leader of the United Democratic Front (UDF), briefs a group of women before they embark on a National Women's Day picket. Members of the Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) demonstrated for human rights in the centre of the city.
Identifier: islandora:913

Title: Local meeting, Amouti
Subject: Public meetings--South Africa, Political history--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: The chairman of a liaison committee addresses residents at an open-air meeting.
Identifier: islandora:5750

Title: Oral history interview with Violet Tshwili [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Alcohol--Government policy--South Africa
Description: This project spans three sub-collections. This case study in Langa in the Western Cape examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: African traditional beer (umqombothi), anti-government protests, discriminatory laws, the Eastern Cape, government beer halls, government policy with respect to alcohol, hostels, housing, migrant labour, racialised spaces, the 1976 riots, shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold) and the smuggling of alcohol by residents., Pin8.17b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 23:48 min. ; interview 17 of 17
Identifier: islandora:29670

Title: Loewenstein farmstead, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, History, Cape Dutch, Architecture, Fires
Description: Loewenstein: 18th century, Dutch-style home overlooking Bellville destroyed by a fire.
Identifier: islandora:16805

Title: Oral history intervew with Abdulla Ahmed Parker
Subject: Oral history, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Alcohol--Government policy--South Africa
Description: This project spans three sub-collections. This case study in Windermere/Kensington in the Western Cape focuses on the coloured residents of the area and examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: discriminatory laws, government policy, housing, racialised spaces and the smuggling of alcohol by residents and shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold)., Pin9.13a.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 28:49 min. ; interview 13 of 15
Identifier: islandora:29641

Title: Oral history interview with W. (Minie) Johnson
Subject: Oral history, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Alcohol--Government policy--South Africa
Description: This project spans three sub-collections. This case study in Windermere/Kensington in the Western Cape focuses on the coloured residents of the area and examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: discriminatory laws, government policy, housing, racialised spaces and the smuggling of alcohol by residents and shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold).
Identifier: islandora:29637

Title: Labour strike, Durban, 1985
Subject: Strikes and lockouts--Dairying, Strikes and lockouts, Sympathetic, Labor movement--History, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Dairy workers march in solidarity with bakery workers on strike over wages and dismissals. Workers' organisations have a long and important history in Durban, and the city was the birthplace of contemporary unionism in South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:868

Title: Oral history interview with Moses Molelekwa [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Alcohol--Government policy--South Africa
Description: This project spans three sub-collections. This case study in Langa in the Western Cape examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: African traditional beer (umqombothi), anti-government protests, discriminatory laws, the Eastern Cape, government beer halls, government policy with respect to alcohol, hostels, housing, migrant labour, racialised spaces, the 1976 riots, shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold) and the smuggling of alcohol by residents., Pin7.08b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 31:48 min. ; interview 8 of 16
Identifier: islandora:22552

Title: Oral history interview with Welby Lutshaba [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Alcohol--Government policy--South Africa
Description: This project spans three sub-collections. This case study in Langa in the Western Cape examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: African traditional beer (umqombothi), anti-government protests, discriminatory laws, the Eastern Cape, government beer halls, government policy with respect to alcohol, hostels, housing, migrant labour, racialised spaces, the 1976 riots, shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold) and the smuggling of alcohol by residents., Pin8.03b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 12:17 min. ; interview 3 of 17
Identifier: islandora:22572

Title: Riot police confront workers, Johannesburg, 1985
Subject: Police--Special weapons and tactics units, Labor union members, May Day (Labor holiday), Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Riot police block the way of workers leaving a May Day meeting at Khotso House in Johannesburg, May 1985. Khotso House was owned by the South African Council for Churches (SACC) and was the headquarters for many progressive organisations, including the United Democratic Front (UDF). It was destroyed in a massive explosion in August 1988.
Identifier: islandora:911

Title: Oral history interview with W. (Minie) Johnson
Subject: Oral history, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Alcohol--Government policy--South Africa
Description: This project spans three sub-collections. This case study in Windermere/Kensington in the Western Cape focuses on the coloured residents of the area and examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: discriminatory laws, government policy, housing, racialised spaces and the smuggling of alcohol by residents and shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold)., Pin9.09a.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 21:31 min. ; interview 9 of 15
Identifier: islandora:29636

Title: P.W. Botha at military parade, Pretoria, 1980
Subject: Botha, P. W. (Petrus Wilhelmus), Malan, Magnus, 1930-2011, Militarism, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: P.W. Botha, prime minister since 1978, takes the salute at a military parade. He is flanked by his close supporter General Magnus Malan (left), then minister of Defense. Botha became state president of South Africa in 1983. During his presidency, South Africa was transformed into an increasingly militarized "emergency state", and General Malan was widely regarded as the most influential member of South Africa's powerful National Security Council.
Identifier: islandora:885

Title: Oral history interview with Thandeka Beauty Manxiwa [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Alcohol--Government policy--South Africa
Description: This project spans three sub-collections. This case study in Langa in the Western Cape examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: African traditional beer (umqombothi), anti-government protests, discriminatory laws, the Eastern Cape, government beer halls, government policy with respect to alcohol, hostels, housing, migrant labour, racialised spaces, the 1976 riots, shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold) and the smuggling of alcohol by residents., Pin8.04b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 10:25 min. ; interview 4 of 17
Identifier: islandora:29646

Title: Murdered ANC supporters, Ciskei, 1992
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Ciskei, Political violence--South Africa--Ciskei, Ciskei (South Africa)--Politics and government, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Ciskei, Best of Marinovich
Description: South African riot policemen and African National Congress (ANC) supporters look at some of the 29 marchers who were killed after an ANC march on the Ciskei homeland, 7 September, 1992. The ANC supporters were killed when Ciskei security forces opened fire after the marchers broke through the border in an attempt to force the Ciskeien military leader, Brigadier Oupa Gqozo, to allow free political activity in Ciskei.
Identifier: islandora:1187

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