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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: Oral history interview with Regina Seleka [Part 1 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., Pin8.13a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:49 min. ; interview 13 of 17
Identifier: islandora:29661

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

Title: Oral history interview with Cyril Danisa [Part 1 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., Pin7.02a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:49 min. ; interview 2 of 16
Identifier: islandora:22541

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:29638

Title: ANC church service, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Rites and ceremonies--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Saxophonists--South Africa,
Description: Saxophonist playing at a church service attended by political activists, Cape Town., circa 1990
Identifier: islandora:12619

Title: Vigilante action, Crossroads, 1986
Subject: Vigilantes, Political violence, Armored vehicles, Military, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Wit-doeke (Afrikaans for "white headbands") vigilantes, unopposed by the police, set fire to homes in Crossroads, a squatter township near Cape Town. An estimated 80,000 people were left homeless and 60 dead as a result of Wit-doeke action in 1986.
Identifier: islandora:869

Title: Funeral, KwaMashu, Durban
Subject: Funerals--South Africa, Pallbearers--South Africa, Political history--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Pallbearers carrying the coffins at the funeral of two African National Congress (ANC) soldiers killed in clashes with the police outside Stanger.
Identifier: islandora:5734

Title: Oral history interview with Mr. and Mrs Cupido [Part 2 of 4]
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)., Pin9.03b.mp3: Part 2 of 4 ; 17:15 min. ; interview 3 of 15
Identifier: islandora:29628

Title: ANC church service, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Rites and ceremonies--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa,
Description: Political activists attending a church service in Cape Town., circa 1990
Identifier: islandora:12618

Title: Oral history interview with Nicholas Henwood [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, United Democratic Front (South Africa), Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Interviews, Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government, ,
Description: The United Democratic Front (UDF) was established as a non-racial, anti-apartheid coalition in 1983. The interviews in this collection deal with the formation and impact of the UDF in the Western Cape in the 1980s. Key figures involved with the UDF are interviewed, including Cheryl Carolus, Lionel Louw, Sydney Luckett and Phyllis Orner. Themes include: community based organisations affiliated to the UDF; the effects of apartheid; religious affiliation; role of the UDF in the community; trade unions. These interviews originate from research conducted for the Albert Luthuli Young Historians Award 2008., Por6.02b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 45:58 min. ; interview 2 of 6
Identifier: islandora:24450

Title: Armed vigilantes, Leandra township, circa 1985
Subject: Youth--Political activity, Vigilantes, Political violence, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: A member of the Leandra Youth Congress, with arms extended and a stone in his hand, tries to ward off a heavily armed band of vigilantes. When younger urban residents came into conflict with older, traditional peoples, the government were able to exploit their differences for its own aims.
Identifier: islandora:882

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