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Title: Oral history interview with Mr and Mrs Howie [Part 3 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--South Africa--Interviews, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, South African, World War, 1939-1945--Women--Interviews
Description: This sub-collection centres on the diverse war experiences of the interviewees, mainly in in North Africa, Italy and South Africa. It contains information about prisoner of war experiences in Italy and Germany and repatriation through the Port of Odessa in 1945. Themes include: 1948 elections in South Africa, desert warfare at El Alamain, entry into the armed forces, family background, war experiences in Mogadishu and Normandy, post-war politics in South Africa, the psychological effects of war, schooling; war and women's employment in the armed forces., Pin5.12a.mp3: Part 3 of 3 ; 31:56 min. ; interview 12 of 19
Identifier: islandora:24969

Title: First-time voter takes directions at the first general elections held in Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Angola--Politics and government--1975-, Elections--Angola, Angola--Assembléia Nacional--Elections, 1992,
Description: First-time voter takes directions at the first general elections held on 29 and 30 September 1992, to elect a President and National Assembly. This was the first attempt at holding multi-party elections ending 17 years of civil war. The ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) won, leading União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) to reject the election and resume the civil war.
Identifier: islandora:7044

Title: Grahams Town
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Grahamstown Region (South Africa -- Maps., Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., The map shows grand trunk roads, trunk roads, branch roads, farm roads, rivers, hills, pans, telegraph lines, railways, homesteads, farm boundaries, farm names and divisional boundaries in the Grahamstown area., Relief shown by hachures., The Imperial map of the Cape Colony was "compiled by the Field Intelligence Division or Department of the British Army in Cape Town during the second Anglo-Boer War. ... [P.H. du P.] Casgrain ... superintended its production ..." (Board, C. "Certainly better than nothing at all" : a re-examination of the Imperial map of South Africa 1899-1902. Proceedings of the 21st International Cartographic Conference, Durban, 2003. Available online: http://icaci.org/files/documents/ICC_proceedings/ICC2003/Papers/109.pdf (accessed 5 Sept. 2012))., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate.", Projection not given., Printed in black and red., Map folds into an outer cover., The maps are mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24828

Title: Memorial service held in front of the War Memorial, Cape Town
Subject: Soldiers, War memorials, Statues, ,
Description: Memorial service arranged for Coloured ex-serviceman. Klischograph
Identifier: islandora:15260

Title: Kuito, Angola, 1994
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Kuito (Angola), Buildings--War damage--Angola--Kuito, Women--Angola--Kuito,
Description: Two Angolans walk past a ruined building in the city of Kuito, Angola. The city was destroyed during heavy fighting in 1993 and 1994. A United Nations (UN) brokered a ceasefire in 1994.
Identifier: islandora:7021

Title: Body of a refugee in a corridor of the Josina Machel Hospital, Luanda, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Social aspects, War victims--Angola, Dead--Angola,
Description: The body of a refugee lies covered in a corridor of the Josina Machel Hospital.
Identifier: islandora:7007

Title: Oral history interview with Mr H.J. Bates [Part 3 of 5]
Subject: Oral history, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--South Africa--Interviews, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, South African
Description: This sub-collection centres on the diverse war experiences of the interviewees, mainly in in North Africa, Italy and South Africa. It contains information about prisoner of war experiences in Italy and Germany and repatriation through the Port of Odessa in 1945. Themes include: 1948 elections in South Africa, desert warfare at El Alamain, entry into the armed forces, family background, war experiences in Mogadishu and Normandy, post-war politics in South Africa, the psychological effects of war, schooling; war and women's employment in the armed forces., Pin5.03a.mp3: Part 3 of 5 ; 31:56 min. ; interview 3 of 19
Identifier: islandora:24997

Title: 50th anniversary of World War I, Cape Town, 1964
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), World War, 1914-1918, Memorials, Sculpture
Description: War Memorial to the First World War, 50 years ago today. Tribute is being paid by Mr W. B. Swanson.
Identifier: islandora:17120

Title: Nylstroom
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Nylstroom Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., Map showing farm boundaries and fences, farm names, divisional boundaries, roads, rivers, telegraph lines and railways in the Nylstroom area. The map also indicates hills, pans (often dry), homesteads, cultivated land and trees., Relief shown by hachures., "G.F.N. Henderson [,] Colonel. Director of Military Intelligence.", "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate.", Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., Map 487 is mounted on linen. The other copies are not folded.
Identifier: islandora:24856

Title: Magnus Malan, Pretoria, 1998
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: Magnus Malan, Pretoria, 1998.
Identifier: islandora:761

Title: Food aid, Mozambique, 1968
Subject: Refugees--Mozambique, War--Mozambique, Decolonization--Mozambique, Food relief--Mozambique, Winer Batch01,
Description: Relief workers carrying food aid to Mozambican refugees displaced by the independence war, Lower Shire River, Chikwawa Valley, Malawi-Mozambique border, 1968.
Identifier: islandora:12530

Title: Ladysmith
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Ladysmith Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., Map showing farm names, farm boundaries, roads, rivers, railways, dams, hills, pans (often dry), telegraph lines, homesteads, divisional boundaries, railways, cultivated lands and trees in the Ladysmith, Dundee, Newcastle, Utrecht, Pomeroy and Helpmekaar areas., Relief shown by hachures., "G.F.N. Henderson [,] Colonel. Director of Military Intelligence.", "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate.", Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., The maps are mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24850

Title: Standing guard
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Men with disabilities--Angola,
Description: A Forças Armadas Populares de Libertação de Angola (FAPLA) soldier stands guard in a war-damaged building in Santa Clara, the Angolan border post with Namibia. A man with one leg stands in the foreground.
Identifier: islandora:7032

Title: Oral history interview with Mr S. Millar
Subject: Oral history, World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--South Africa--Interviews, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, South African
Description: This sub-collection centres on the diverse war experiences of the interviewees, mainly in in North Africa, Italy and South Africa. It contains information about prisoner of war experiences in Italy and Germany and repatriation through the Port of Odessa in 1945. Themes include: 1948 elections in South Africa, desert warfare at El Alamain, entry into the armed forces, family background, war experiences in Mogadishu and Normandy, post-war politics in South Africa, the psychological effects of war, schooling; war and women's employment in the armed forces., Pin5.15a.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 30:01 min. ; interview 15 of 19
Identifier: islandora:25017

Title: Replenishing water supplies
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Children--Angola,
Description: União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, Forças Armadas de Libertação de Angola (UNITA, FALA) troops stop for fresh water in the Huambo Province of Angola.
Identifier: islandora:7004

Title: Mount Huxley
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Mount Huxley Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., The map shows grand trunk roads, trunk roads, branch roads, farm roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, telegraph lines, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries and divisional boundaries in the Mount Huxley area., Relief shown by hachures., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate"., Projection not given., Printed in black and red., This map differs from another Mount Huxley map, also "Copyright, F.I.D. Cape Town, Sept. 1901." This map has less printing in red., Map folds into an outer cover., The maps are mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24846

Title: Draghoender
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Draghoender Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., The map shows grand trunk roads, trunk roads, branch roads, farm roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, telegraph lines, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries and divisional boundaries in the Draghoender area., Relief shown by hachures., The Imperial map of the Cape Colony was "compiled by the Field Intelligence Division or Department of the British Army in Cape Town during the second Anglo-Boer War. ... [P.H. du P.] Casgrain ... superintended its production ..." (Board, C. "Certainly better than nothing at all" : a re-examination of the Imperial map of South Africa 1899-1902. Proceedings of the 21st International Cartographic Conference, Durban, 2003. Available online: http://icaci.org/files/documents/ICC_proceedings/ICC2003/Papers/109.pdf (accessed 5 Sept. 2012))., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate.", Projection not given., Printed in black and red., Map folds into an outer cover., The map is mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24826

Title: The USA war campaign explained
Subject: United States--Foreign relations--Iraq--Caricatures and cartoons, War--Caricatures and cartoons, Iraq War, 2003-2011--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, United States
Description: The USA attack of Iran was based on overwhelming speed and force labelled a �Shock and Awe� strategy by President George Bush. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6133

Title: Gideon Johannes Nieuwoudt and Mike Bernardo, 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 and Mike Bernardo, a member of the witness protection team, 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:786

Title: Barkly East
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Barkly East Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., The map shows towns including Barkly East, Aliwal North, Wodehouse, Elliot, Rhodes, Lady Grey, Jamestown, Dordrecht, Cala, Engcobo and Xalanga, farm names, farm boundaries and fences, divisional boundaries, roads, rivers, hills, pans (often dry), railways, telegraph lines, homesteads, cultivated land and trees., Relief shown by hachures., "G.F.N. Henderson [,] Colonel. Director of Military Intelligence.", "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate.", Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., Maps 255a and 255c are mounted on linen. Map 255b is not folded and is torn in several places.
Identifier: islandora:24796

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