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Title: Bellville Fire Department,Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Fires departments, History, Civil services, Transport
Description: Bellville firemen lined up today to say farewell to the town council's 30-year-old fire-engine (left), which has been given to the Cape Town Crankhandle Club. On the right is the new R19,000 fire-engine.
Identifier: islandora:16792

Title: Pondo man murdered by Zulu impis, Umbogintwini, 1986
Subject: Political violence, Ethnic conflict, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Members of a Zulu impi stand over the body of a Pondo man, killed during clashes between the two groups. Under harsh living conditions in the over-populated squatter settlements, conflicts between different peoples are inevitable as individuals compete for the few jobs and scarce resources allowed them by the government.
Identifier: islandora:892

Title: Police watch mourners, Alexandra township, Johannesburg, 1986
Subject: Funeral service, Police, Police shootings, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Police watch as mourners carrying an African National Congress (ANC) flag pass by during the funeral of eight youths killed during clashes between police and residents in Alexandra township. Off-duty township police allegedly killed three in reprisals following attacks on the policemen's homes, and five were killed by police during subsequent protests against vigilante action.
Identifier: islandora:898

Title: Oral history interview with Dumile Cuba [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., Pin7.01b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 22:06 min. ; interview 1 of 16
Identifier: islandora:22542

Title: Heidi Villa-Vincencio interviews Tom Hanmer [Part 2 of 3]
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., Pin3.04b.mp3: Part 2 of 3 ; 32:04 min. ; interview 4 of 11
Identifier: islandora:19402

Title: Oral history interview with Nomandla Ngwevela [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., Pin7.10b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 30:43 min. ; interview 10 of 16
Identifier: islandora:22558

Title: Cape Dutch farmhouse, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, History, Cape Dutch architecture, Architecture, Farms
Description: Cape Dutch farm building at Lowenstein, Bellville, Cape Town,
Identifier: islandora:16804

Title: Student demonstration, Durban, 1985
Subject: Student protesters, Demonstrations, Police, Black, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Students taunts a black policeman during a demonstration following the assassination of United Democratic Front (UDF) leader, Victoria Mxenge. She was buried next to her husband, Griffiths Mxenge, also a victim of assassination several years earlier. Between 1978 and 1989, over 150 activists were assassinated, with no one found responsible for these murders.
Identifier: islandora:881

Title: Oral history interview with J. Booyse
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)., Pin9.02a.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 25:12 min. ; interview 2 of 15
Identifier: islandora:29626

Title: Rent protest, Phoenix township, 1981
Subject: Meer, Ismail, 1918-2000, Political activists, Public housing--Rent, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Ismail Meer, a former treason trialist and member of the Natal Indian Congress, addresses a meeting to protest high rentals in the Phoenix township of Durban in 1981. Rent protests were manifestations of deeper political conflicts in the struggle for self-determination.
Identifier: islandora:871

Title: Oral history interview with Mr. H. Burggraaf [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., Pin3.02b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 28:46 min. ; interview 2 of 11
Identifier: islandora:19398

Title: Commemoration, Phoenix Settlement, Durban
Subject: Memorials--South Africa, Public meetings'South Africa, Youth--South Africa, Political history--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: June 16th commemoration of the 1976 Soweto youth uprising. One woman is wearing a t-shirt with the slogan 'Msizi Dube, Asinamali'.
Identifier: islandora:5733

Title: UDF concert, Johannesburg, 1985
Subject: Musicians, Music--Political aspects, Politics and culture, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: UDF (United Democratic Front) concert celebrating the Freedom Charter, Johannesburg, 1985.
Identifier: islandora:865

Title: Oral history interview with Wilhelmina Trout [Part 2 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, Labor unions--Social aspects--South Africa, Economic conditions--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Labor union members--South Africa--Interviews
Description: The interviews trace the working lives and political consciousness of three people involved with trade unions in industry. Themes include: Combined Workers Union, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), family background, gender discrimination, job reservation, student activism 1976-1985, shop stewards, political consciousness, working conditions, working environment and the 1980 school boycotts., Por3.03b.mp3: Part 2 of 3 ; 31:05 min. ; interview 3 of 4
Identifier: islandora:25026

Title: Anti-COSATU parade, Durban, May Day 1986
Subject: Labor unions, Labor union members--Political activity, Inkatha Freedom Party, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Thomas Mandla Shabalala, Inkatha central committee member, leads an anti-COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions) parade at the launch of Inkatha's trade union wing, the United Workers Union of South Africa (UWUSA). Rural chiefs were instructed to fill buses with their people for the event, and special trains brought Inkatha supporters to the UWUSA rally. To complete the extravaganza, Chief Buthelezi arrived in a helicopter.
Identifier: islandora:858

Title: Oral history interview with Mrs Hanna [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 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)., Pin9.07b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 03:05 min. ; interview 7 of 15
Identifier: islandora:29634

Title: Oral history interview with Cheryl Carolus [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. Themes include: community based organisations affiliated to the UDF; effects of apartheid; key figures involved with the UDF (including: Cheryl Carolus, Lionel Louw, Sydney Luckett, Phyllis Orner); 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., Por6.01b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 36:40 min ; interview 1 of 6
Identifier: islandora:24448

Title: 101 Battalion, Cape Town, 1987
Subject: Soldiers, Black, Parades, South Africa. South African Defence Force, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Children and other spectators look on as members of the 101 Battalion, recruited in Namibia, drill at a parade celebrating the 75th year of the South African Defense Force. Although blacks who enlisted in the South African Defense Force faced ostracism in their communities, many joined the army out of desperate economic necessity.
Identifier: islandora:877

Title: Oral history interview with Lionel Louw [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., Por6.03b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 54:52 min. ; interview 3 of 6
Identifier: islandora:24452

Title: Labour strike meeting, Johannesburg, 1987
Subject: Labor union meetings, Strikes and lockouts--Retail trade, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Striking OK Bazaars workers meet at union headquarters in Cosatu House, Johannesburg. A major supermarket chain, OK Bazaars has a large work force, organised by the Commercial, Catering, and Allied Workers Union (CCAWUSA), which led many campaigns on behalf of food store workers.
Identifier: islandora:861

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