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Title: Karel "Vet Piet" Kleinman provides locations of traditional place names : draft, Map item #5
Subject: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), San (African people), Africa, Southern--Maps, San (African people)--Social life and customs, ,
Description: A draft map showing sites of cultural significance to the ǂKhomani San in the South African portion of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The information was obtained from Karel "Vet Piet" Kleinman, a San community member and a ranger in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park at the time. [Scale included]
Identifier: islandora:27326

Title: Ntsiki Biko, Steve Biko's widow, Port Elizabeth, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Ntsiki Biko, widow of Steve Biko, Port Elizabeth, 1997. Steve Biko, the leader of the Black Consciousness movement, died in Pretoria on 12 September 1977. He was beaten into a coma during interrogation by security officers. The inquest found that Biko had died of head injuries inflicted over a period of several days during his detention. Five security policemen came forward to confess to the assault in 1997. The application for amnesty was successfully opposed by the Biko family.
Identifier: islandora:801

Title: Nombuyiselo Mhlauli and Nyami Goniwe, Cradock Four widows, Cape Town, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Nombuyiselo Mhlauli and Nyami Goniwe, widows of two of the Cradock Four victims, Cape Town, 1998. The Cradock Four were a group of four political activists from Cradock who disappeared in 1985 during a trip to Port Elizabeth. Their mutilated bodies were found a week later. In January 1997, six members of the Port Elizabeth security police applied for amnesty for the killing of the Cradock Four. It was refused.
Identifier: islandora:768

Title: General Magnus Malan, Pretoria, 1997
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: General Magnus Malan, Pretoria, 1997. As Minister of Defense from 1980 to 1991 General Malan approved counter-insurgency operations in Mozambique and Angola and was responsible for setting up the 'Civil Co-operation Bureau' (CCB), a covert section of the South African Defence Force (SADF) responsible for disinformation and assassination. Malan did not apply for amnesty before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), but volunteered to testify. He has not been found guilty of any crime.
Identifier: islandora:770

Title: David Zweli Dlamini, Durban, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: David Zweli Dlamini was subpoenaed to give evidence to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) during the hearings into violence between members of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the African National Congress (ANC). He insisted on wearing a balaclava because he was afraid of revealing his identity as a member of the IFP's Caprivi Trainees, who were called upon to 'wipe out' United Democratic Front (UDF) and ANC supporters in KwaZulu-Natal. April 1998.
Identifier: islandora:787

Title: Marius Schoon, Johannesburg, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Marius Schoon, Johannesburg, 1998. Schoon was a committed member of the African National Congress (ANC). There had already been attempts to assassinate Marius Schoon when a letter bomb that killed his wife, Jeanette, and daughter, Katryn, was intended for him. When Craig Williamson and Brigadier Willem Schoon applied to the TRC for amnesty, Marius Schoon fought to have it refused. He died in 1999 before hearing the outcome. All were granted amnesty for the Schoons' death.
Identifier: islandora:797

Title: Gideon Johannes Nieuwoudt, Cape Town, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Gideon Johannes Nieuwoudt, Cape Town, 1998. Steve Biko, the leader of the Black Consciousness movement, died in Pretoria on 12 September 1977. He was beaten into a coma during interrogation by security officers. Nieuwoudt was one of five security policemen who came forward to confess to the assault in 1997. His application for amnesty was successfully opposed by the Biko family.
Identifier: islandora:780

Title: Dr. Wouter Basson, Pretoria, 2000
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Basson, Wouter, 1950-, Truth and Lies,
Description: Wouter Basson, Pretoria, 2000. Basson, an ex-South African Army Brigadier, was founder and head of 'Project Coast', the Army's secret biological and chemical warfare programme between 1981 and 1993. Nicknamed 'Dr. Death', he went to trial in Pretoria 1999, charged with sixty-one counts of murder, conspiracy to murder, possession of addictive drugs, and fraud. He refused to apply for amnesty, but was called to give evidence to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)'s enquiry into biological and chemical warfare.
Identifier: islandora:759

Title: ǂKhomani San : Tree of Love : trees are our heritage
Subject: Tree of Love, San (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Kalahari Desert--Social life and customs, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), ,
Description: This poster outlines the cultural and natural heritage of the San people. It explores the cultural and symbolic value of the Shepherd's Bush tree as "The Tree of Love". The poster includes photographs of Shepherd's Bush tree as well as San people.
Identifier: islandora:27322

Title: Members of Mandela United Football Club, Johannesburg, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Members of the Mandela United Football Club, Johannesburg, 1997. In 1997, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela appeared at the Truth Commission to answer allegations about her involvement with the Mandela United Football Club. A number of parents from Soweto had testified about the disappearance of their children after they had come into contact with these men. The Commission had gathered evidence linking the club to more than twenty incidents of abduction, assault and murder. The coach, Jerry Richardson, testified at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and claimed that his orders came from Mrs Winnie Mandela, whom he called "mommie". Mrs Mandela denied all involvement.
Identifier: islandora:771

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