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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

Title: Government police guarding the Police station opposite the Tourismo, Luanda, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola,
Description: Unknowingly, these men started the Angolan Civil War on 11 October 1992. Government police guarding the Police Station opposite the Tourismo Hotel in Luanda, Angola.
Identifier: islandora:7045

Title: Nelson Mandela, Cape Town, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, Truth and Lies,
Description: Portrait of Nelson Mandela, Tuynhuys, the Presidential House, Cape Town, 1997.
Identifier: islandora:757

Title: Girl outside hut damaged by shrapnel
Subject: Buildings--War damage, Children
Description: Girl outside hut damaged by shrapnel, Emono.
Identifier: islandora:6943

Title: Commandos from Forças Armadas Angolanan drive around searching for enemy soldiers
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola,
Description: Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) commandos in a search for União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) troops in Ganda, Angola.
Identifier: islandora:7066

Title: Residents of Huambo flee the brutal occupation of the city
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Refugees--Angola, Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Social aspects,
Description: Despite having suffered unbearable conditions, a resident of Humbo still has a ready smile for the photographer as he flees the city. Residents of Huambo soke of horendous street-to-street battles that started after Christmas in 1992 during the occupation of the city by troops belonging to União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA).
Identifier: islandora:7075

Title: Young Forças Armadas Angolanan soldier on guard duty
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Child soldiers--Angola, Machine guns--Angola,
Description: Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) recruit at sunset on guard duty near the town of Ganda, Angola. União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) were close and the boy feared falling asleep.
Identifier: islandora:7068

Title: Hanover
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Hanover Region (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: This map forms part of the Imperial map of South Africa., The map shows farm boundaries and fences, farm names, divisional boundaries, roads, rivers, telegraph lines and railways in the Hanover, Colesberg, Richmond and Middelburg areas. The map also indicates hills, pans (often dry), windmill pumps, bucket pumps, springs, homesteads, cultivated land and trees., Relief shown by hachures., No edition statement., "This map is not to be considered as absolutely accurate"., Projection not given., Map folds into an outer cover., Map 375 has been pasted over another map obscuring the details of the map underneath. The other copies are mounted on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24835

Title: Evelina Puleng Moloko, Duduza township, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Evelina Puleng Moloko, sister of Maki Skhosana, a twenty-four year-old female African National Congress (ANC) activist who was burned to death in the first officially acknowledged 'necklacing' incident in South Africa. Duduza, 1997.
Identifier: islandora:798

Title: Willowmore
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Willowmore 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, railways, telegraph lines, homesteads, farm names, farm boundaries and divisional boundaries in the Willowmore 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:24807

Title: Family of Maki Skhosana, necklacing victim, Duduza township, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Evelina Puleng Moloko, Diane Moshapalo and Reverend Moshapalo, family of Maki Skhosana, a twenty-four year-old female ANC activist who was burned to death in the first officially acknowledged 'necklacing' incident in South Africa. Duduza, 1997.
Identifier: islandora:762

Title: Fikile Mlotshwa, comforter, Johannesburg, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Fikile Mlotshwa, a comforter for hearings in Johannesburg, 1997. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) employed professional 'comforters' at hearings to look after those who testified, both victims and perpetrators.
Identifier: islandora:791

Title: Beaufort West
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Beaufort West Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Fraserburg Region (South Africa) -- Maps., Western Cape (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 Beaufort West and Fraserburg areas., 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:24915

Title: Cuba, carved into the trunk of a baobab tree, Cahama, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Baobab,
Description: The word 'Cuba' has been carved into the trunk a baobab tree, Cahama in Cunene Province.
Identifier: islandora:7034

Title: Victim of attack
Subject: AfghanisExtremists--Afghanistan, Wounds and injuries, Civilian war casualties--Afghanistan, Transport, Afghans
Description: Men commandeer a taxi to pick up the victims of a Taliban rocket attack.
Identifier: islandora:8329

Title: Hennie Smit, Pretoria, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Hennie Smit with one of the doves he breeds, Pretoria, 1997. Smit's eight-year-old son, Cornio, was killed in 1985 by a bomb blast planted by MK (Umkhonto we Sizwe) members in retaliation for a raid by security forces on an ANC (African National Congress) base in Lesotho. Smit believed his son was a hero, because he died for freedom.
Identifier: islandora:777

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