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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: Oral history interview with Jerome Nell and Clifford Cox [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 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)., Pin9.12b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 28:13 min. ; interview 12 of 15
Identifier: islandora:29640

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: Oral history interview with Mlamli Philemon Mgenge
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., Pin7.07a.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 28:55 min.. ; interview 7 of 16
Identifier: islandora:22550

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

Title: Father Pearson in church attacked by security police, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Priests--South Africa, Churches--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa,
Description: Father P.J. Pearson in a church hall in Cape Town, where the congregation were tear-gassed and attacked by police after the funerals of ANC (African National Congress) members, Robbie Waterwitch and Coline Williams., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12589

Title: COSATU living wage choir, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Entertainers--South Africa,
Description: COSATU living wage choir entertaining the crowd at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12603

Title: Welcoming released detainees, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Women--South Africa, Political prisoners--South Africa, Muslim women--South Africa,
Description: Welcome home party for released detainees, amongst whom was Ashley Forbes, Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12631

Title: Oral history interview with Miriam Siyaka [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., Pin7.12b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 32:03 min. ; interview 12 of 16
Identifier: islandora:22556

Title: Funeral speaker, Grahamstown, 1987
Subject: Funeral service, Political violence, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: A speaker at the funeral of four people murdered by drunken municipal policemen in Fingo Village township, Grahamstown, February 1987.
Identifier: islandora:899

Title: SASCO protest, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Student protesters--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Demonstrations--South Africa,
Description: South African Students Congress (SASCO) protest against apartheid. Sign reads, "Vlok!! You've struck a rock and will be crushed by it!!" Another reads, "Vote ANC for people's power!", circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12655

Title: Mandela and De Klerk at a meeting, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1989-1994, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Ex-presidents--South Africa, Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, De Klerk, F. W. (Frederik Willem),
Description: Nelson Mandela and F.W. De Klerk at a meeting between the ANC (African National Congress) and the then South African government, the NP (National Party).
Identifier: islandora:12590

Title: Anti-apartheid demonstration, London, 1971
Subject: Demonstrations--Trafalgar Square (London, England), Anti-apartheid activists--Trafalgar Square (London, England), History--Political aspects--South Africa, History--Political aspects--Trafalgar Square (London, England), Winer Batch01,
Description: Anti-apartheid demonstration, Trafalgar Square, London, 1971.
Identifier: islandora:12534

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