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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: The peopling of South Africa
Subject: African languages - History
Description: Typed notes.
Identifier: islandora:7634

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

Title: Fruit vendors on the street, 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: Two fruit vendors push their load on a wagon down a 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:18508

Title: Man feeding his chickens, 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 man feeds his chickens with a sheep by his side on a cobbled paving behind his 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:18534

Title: Police firing at ANC supporters, South Africa, 1992
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Boipatong, Political violence--South Africa--Boipatong, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Boipatong, South African Police, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Boipatong, Best of Marinovich
Description: South African police fired on African National Congress (ANC) supporters as they tried to check the identity of a man shot dead by police in this Boipatong field on June 20, 1992. Forty-five ANC supporters, including women and children, were massacred by Zulu supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) the night before.
Identifier: islandora:1182

Title: Riot police facing student demonstrators, 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: Riot police stand at the ready as students from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) stage an illegal demonstration against apartheid and for peace outside their campus in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa, 21 August 1989.
Identifier: islandora:5358

Title: Boys playing with cards on the pavement, 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 boys sit on the pavement and play a game of cards 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:18520

Title: Election violence, South Africa, 1994
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Political violence--South Africa--Johannesburg, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Johannesburg, Caps (Headgear)--South Africa--Johannesburg, Best of Marinovich
Description: African National Congress (ANC) supporting activists stand above a cap that is still smoking from a gunshot to a fellow comrade, killed by Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members, while watching the FIFA football World Cup that was played in Atlanta, USA, 1994.
Identifier: islandora:1217

Title: District Six neighbourhood, set against the mountain backdrop, 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: Two children play in an open area in front of the neighbourhood of District Six, set against the mountain in Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18543

Title: The peopling of South Africa. The Negritic Bushmen
Subject: African languages - History
Description: Typed notes.
Identifier: islandora:7636

Title: Marikana murder investigation, South Africa, 2012
Subject: Unskilled labor--South Africa--North-West, Strikes and lockouts--Miners--South Africa--North-West, Police corruption--South Africa--North-West, History--Political aspects--South Africa--North-West, Best of Marinovich
Description: Yellow paint marks made by investigators indicate where the bodies of some of the 34 men killed by police were recovered by forensics at Nkanini, Marikana, 2012. Some of the rock crevices these bodies were found in, indicate that they had been hunted down and shot at close range. Not a single policeman was reported wounded on August 16th.
Identifier: islandora:1179

Title: The peopling of South Africa. Language relations between the Bantu languages of Southern Africa
Subject: African languages - History
Description: Typed and handwritten notes.
Identifier: islandora:7633

Title: The remains of demolished buildings, 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: Lion's head overlooks the demolition of buildings in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's during the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18547

Title: Family visiting grave of Hendrik Verwoerd, Pretoria, South Africa
Subject: Ex-prime ministers--South Africa--Pretoria, Prime ministers' spouses--South Africa--Pretoria, Cemeteries--South Africa--Pretoria, Political history--South Africa--Pretoria, Politicians--South Africa--Pretoria
Description: Betsy, the wife of apartheid founder and former Prime Minister, Hendrik Verwoerd, visits his grave with family in Pretoria, South Africa, January 1986.
Identifier: islandora:5344

Title: Protest against Boipatong massacre, Boipatong, South Africa
Subject: Youths--South Africa--Vanderbijlpark, Demonstrations--South Africa--Vanderbijlpark, Apartheid--South Africa--Vanderbijlpark, Political history--South Africa--Vanderbijlpark, Political violence--South Africa--Vanderbijlpark
Description: Youths protest the murder of 46 Boipatong residents by Inkatha hostel dwellers on June 17, at a rally addressed by Nelson Mandela. The killings caused the African National Congress (ANC) to cancel political negotiations with the government. South Africa, 19 June 1992.
Identifier: islandora:5370

Title: A church stands tall on a 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: Set against the mountain, a church stands out on a 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:18526

Title: South African union, 1910, Adderley Street, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), circa 1910, Festivals, Colonialism, History
Description: South African union, 1910, Adderley St., Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:14911

Title: TRC sitting, South Africa, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Johannesburg, South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission, War crimes investigation--South Africa--Johannesburg, Best of Marinovich
Description: Minister of Law and Order, Adriaan Vlok (rear left), watches his colleague, National Party (NP) Foreign Minister, Pik Botha (front left), at a sitting of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), Johannesburg, 1997.
Identifier: islandora:1223

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