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Title: Pik Botha, Pretoria, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Botha, R. F. (Roelof Frederik), 1932-, Truth and Lies,
Description: Pik Botha, Pretoria, 1998.
Identifier: islandora:782

Title: El Alamein commemorative service, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Memorials, World War, 1939-1945, South African Defence Force, Civil society
Description: El Alamein: Military and civilian guests at the annual El Alamein commemorative service in 1986. Wreaths were laid by the Defence Force, service organisations and civilian dignitaries, while Major Lionel Murray, MC and Bar, delivered the address. An old soldier pays tribute to comrades who fell during the battle of El Alamein 44 years ago.
Identifier: islandora:16642

Title: Biko brothers, King Williams township, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Biko brothers at their family home, King Williams township, 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:800

Title: Oral history interview with Mr R.D Donnelly [Part 1 of 2]
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., Pin5.06a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:59 min. ; interview 6 of 19
Identifier: islandora:25013

Title: Oral history interview with Mr and Mrs Wolhuter [Part 1 of 3]
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., Pin5.18a.mp3: Part 1 of 3 ; 31:55 min. ; interview 18 of 19
Identifier: islandora:24972

Title: Oral history interview with Mr G. De Jong [Part 1 of 2]
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., Pin5.05a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:54 min. ; interview 5 of 19
Identifier: islandora:24991

Title: Williston
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Williston Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Northern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 3rd ed., This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., The map shows main roads, branch roads, farm roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, telegraph lines, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries and divisional boundaries in the Williston area., Relief shown by hachures., "South Africa having never been properly surveyed, this map must necessarily contain many inaccuracies.", Projection not given., Co-ordinates not given., Printed in black, red, brown and blue., Map folds into an outer cover., The maps are mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24806

Title: Kuruman
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Kuruman 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 main roads, branch roads, farm roads, rivers, hills, dams, pans, springs, huts, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries, divisional boundaries and trigonometrical stations in the Kuruman 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:24837

Title: Beating the drum
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002,
Description: Member of the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, Forças Armadas de Libertação de Angola (UNITA, FALA) beat the drum in Kuito in the Bié Province of Angola. Kuito is powerfull UNITA stronghold.
Identifier: islandora:7043

Title: Refugees, Mozambique border with Malawi, 1968
Subject: Refugees, War victims--Mozambique, Colonies--Africa--Mozambique, Winer Batch01,
Description: Mozambican refugees crossing Lower Shire River, on the Malawi-Mozambique border, during the independence war against Portuguese colonialism, 1968.
Identifier: islandora:12540

Title: Searching for land mines, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Land mines--Detection--Angola, Soldiers--Angola, United Nations--Angola Verification Mission, Military convoys--Angola,
Description: Deminers from the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM) search a roadside in Angola for signs of landmines.
Identifier: islandora:7025

Title: Erich Brand to Stadtverwaltung Berlin-Wilmersdorf (the city administration Berlin-Wilmersdorf), 8 November 1944
Subject: World War, 1939-1945, Brand, Erich--Correspondence, Housing subsidies--Germany--Berlin, Soldiers--Correspondence
Description: Letter from Mr. Erich Brand to the dwellings department of the Berlin-Wilmersdorf city administration asking for an extra allowance to accommodate his family. An English translation of this letter is available. To see this translation please contact the University of Cape Town Libraries' Special Collections.
Identifier: islandora:27365

Title: Carnarvon
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Carnarvon 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, divisional boundaries and telegraph lines in the Carnarvon area., Relief shown by hachures., "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:24816

Title: Steve Biko's wife and son, Port Elizabeth, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Nkosinathi and Ntsiki Biko, Steve Biko's wife and son, with human rights lawyer, George Bizos, 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:789

Title: Pumla Ndulula, Johannesburg, 1999
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) employed professional 'comforters' at hearings to look after those who testified, both victims and perpetrators. Pumla Ndulula had worked for three years as a comfortor. When asked what her 'big cases' had been, she said that she had 'looked after' Colonel Eugene de Kock, the security commander at Vlakplaas who became known as 'Prime Evil'.
Identifier: islandora:788

Title: Brigadier Willem Schoon, Pretoria, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Brigadier Willem Schoon, Pretoria, 1998. Schoon was a former head of C section, the anti-terrorism unit of the South African Police (SAP) security branch responsible for liaising with the commanders of the undercover unit at Vlakplaas. He applied for amnesty for his involvement in numerous cases of murder and abduction, claiming that he was forced to participate in such actions by the circumstances that prevailed at the time. He received amnesty and is retired.
Identifier: islandora:766

Title: Envelope belonging to the letter from Ruth Linder, London, to Mrs Roy Sorell, Long Street, Cape Town, 1940
Subject: Bruch, Edith--Correspondence, Lindner, Ruth--Correspondence, World War, 1939-1946, George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936--On postage stamps, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901--On postage stamps
Description: An envelope belonging to the letter from Ruth Lindner, London, to Mrs Roy Sorell, Long Street, Cape Town, 1940. At the top right-hand corner of the envelope is a British stamp featuring Queen Victoria and George V, the latter the reigning monarch of Britain at the time.
Identifier: islandora:29875

Title: Mercenary forces, Benguela, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Military helicopters--Angola, Mercenary troops--Angola,
Description: Mercenary forces deployed by the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) make their appearance on the frontline in the Benguela Province of Angola . Most were ex-SADF and Police special forces disbanded by the the South African government. Cubal in the province of Benguela.
Identifier: islandora:6995

Title: Vrede
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Vrede Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., Map showing farm boundaries and fences, farm names, divisional boundaries, roads, telegraph lines, rivers, homesteads, hills and railways in the Vrede, Frankfort, Standerton, Villiersdorp and Greylingstad 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. Advertisements have been pasted onto copy 517 obscuring the key and other information.
Identifier: islandora:24804

Title: Shutdown after the election, as journalists and photographers prepare to leave
Subject: War photographers--Angola, War correspondents--Angola,
Description: A group of journalists and photographers who were in Angola covering the Civil War pose with staff from the Centro de Imprensa Anibal de Melo (Press Centre) after the election.
Identifier: islandora:6986

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