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Title: Victim of shack demolition, South Africa, 1991
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Ivory Park, Race discrimination--South Africa--Ivory Park, Homeless persons--South Africa--Ivory Park, Best of Marinovich
Description: A man wakes up from where he spent the night amongst his belongings after police demolished the illegal shack he erected, Ivory Park, near Johannesburg, 1991.
Identifier: islandora:1206

Title: Mandela returns to Robben Island with fellow Rivonia treason trialists, South Africa
Subject: Ex-convicts--South Africa--Robben Island, Apartheid--South Africa--Robben Island, Political history--South Africa--Robben Island, Prisons--South Africa--Robben Island
Description: Nelson Mandela and his fellow convicted Rivonia treason trialists, all former political prisoners on Robben Island, return to the island on the fourth anniversary of Mandela's release from jail. Here they are pictured in the quarry in which the black prisoners were made to dig out lime daily. Some say Mandela's eyes were damaged by the lime dust. Cape Town, South Africa, 11 February 1994.
Identifier: islandora:5374

Title: Hostel wars, South Africa, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Soweto, Political violence--South Africa--Soweto, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Soweto, Best of Marinovich
Description: Zulu supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) hack and beat a Pondo man accused of being an ANC (African National Congress) supporter, Nancefield hostel, Soweto, 1990.
Identifier: islandora:1209

Title: Funeral, South Africa, 1993
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Heidelberg (Gauteng), Political violence--South Africa--Heidelberg (Gauteng), Funeral rites and ceremonies--South Africa--Heidelberg (Gauteng), History--Political aspects--South Africa--Heidelberg (Gauteng), Football teams--South Africa--Heidelberg (Gauteng), Best of Marinovich
Description: A football team buries their teammate, who was killed in crossfire between African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) fighters, while playing soccer in Ratanda township, Heidelberg, 1993.
Identifier: islandora:1202

Title: Hostel wars, South Africa, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Political violence--South Africa--Johannesburg, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Johannesburg, Best of Marinovich
Description: Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography, 1991: an African National Congress (ANC) supporter swings a machete into Lindsaye Tshabalala's blazing head. Tshabalala was suspected of being an Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporter. Inhlazane Station, 1990.
Identifier: islandora:1211

Title: ANC victory celebrations, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Political history--South Africa--Johannesburg, Elections--South Africa--Johannesburg, Democracy--South Africa--Johannesburg, Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: African National Congress (ANC) supporters embrace in celebration of victory in South Africa's first all-race presidential elections, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 1994.
Identifier: islandora:5378

Title: Burning barricades, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Demonstrations--South Africa--Cape Town, Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Segregation----South Africa--Cape Town, Political history--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Burning barricades in the streets of Athlone during protests and riots against apartheid, October 1985, Cape Town, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:5342

Title: Inkatha councillor, Hammarsdale, South Africa
Subject: Politics--South Africa, Political parties--South Africa, Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa,
Description: Inkatha councillor, Zakhele Nkehle. Hammarsdale, KwaZulu-Natal, 1988.
Identifier: islandora:18371

Title: Chris Hani promoting peace at first democratic elections, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Political activists--South Africa--Johannesburg, Public meetings--South Africa--Johannesburg, Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Elections--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: Charismatic African National Congress (ANC) military leader, Chris Hani, appeals to township supporters for an end to violence and factional killing, in the run-up to the country's first democratic elections. Thokoza township, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 1991.
Identifier: islandora:5365

Title: Violence in Alexandra township, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Squatter settlements--South Africa--Gauteng, Law enforcement--South Africa--Gauteng, Apartheid--South Africa--Gauteng, Political history--South Africa--Gauteng, Political violence--South Africa--Gauteng, Demonstrations--South Africa--Gauteng
Description: Police fire at residents who defied orders not to march on Inkatha-occupied hostels from which the Zulus had been launching attacks on township dwellers, Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 March 1992.
Identifier: islandora:5369

Title: Vigil for murdered ANC supporter, South Africa, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Limpopo, Political violence--South Africa--Limpopo, Funeral rites and ceremonies--South Africa--Limpopo, Ritual--South Africa--Limpopo, Best of Marinovich
Description: African National Congress (ANC) supporters do the toyi-toyi dance at a night vigil for a comrade who was killed by security forces in the Venda homeland, in the far north of South Africa, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:1222

Title: Survivor of IFP attack, South Africa, 1996
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, History--Political aspects--South Africa, Torture victims--South Africa, Best of Marinovich
Description: 1996: An African National Congress (ANC) survivor, whose face shows the wounds he suffered during an attack on Christmas Day a year earlier (1995). The late Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) warlord, Sqolosa Xolo, led his men to massacre over 25 ANC supporters on Christmas Day 1995. He was never charged in the case, despite there being eyewitness testimony.
Identifier: islandora:1224

Title: Media being arrested by apartheid police, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Press--South Africa--Cape Town, Demonstrations--South Africa--Cape Town, Political history--South Africa--Cape Town, Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Cameraman Craig Matthews and his soundman, who were filming anti-apartheid protests in Cape Town, are arrested by police with orders to prevent media coverage of the unrest, October 1985, Cape Town, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:5340

Title: IFP mass graves, South Africal, 1993
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Pietermaritzburg, Political violence--South Africa--Pietermaritzburg, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Pietermaritzburg, Goats--South Africa--Pietermaritzburg, Mass burials--South Africa--Pietermaritzburg, Best of Marinovich
Description: A goat stands on mass graves of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters killed in fighting with African National Congress (ANC) members at Table Mountain, near Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, 1993.
Identifier: islandora:1184

Title: Election violence, South Africa, 1995
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Umlazi, Political violence--South Africa--Umlazi, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Umlazi, AK-47 rifle, Best of Marinovich
Description: An Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporter runs with an AK-47 during a march in Umlazi township, south of Durban, 1995.
Identifier: islandora:1201

Title: Torture victim, South Africa, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Mpumalanga, Political violence--South Africa--Mpumalanga, Torture victims--South Africa--Mpumalanga, Men--South Africa--Mpumalanga, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Mpumalanga, Best of Marinovich
Description: A victim of torture by KwaNdebele homeland police, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:1220

Title: Black resistance graffiti, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Pretoria, Street art--South Africa--Pretoria, Arts--Political aspects--South Africa--Pretoria, Education--South Africa--Pretoria, Children--South Africa--Pretoria
Description: Black resistance graffiti during a time of riots and violence, August 1985, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:5334

Title: South African Prime Minister Strijdom's coffin being loaded onto a train, 1958
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Apartheid, Politicians, Trains, Transport
Description: A group of cabinet ministers on Cape Town Station load the coffin of J. G. Strijdom onto the mourning coach on its journey to Pretoria. The group of cabinet ministers consisted of P. O. Sauer, B. J. Schoeman, J. F. T. Naude, Dr T. E. Donges, Dr E. H. Louw and C. R. Swart.
Identifier: islandora:17416

Title: Policeman whipping student protester with sjambok, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Political violence--South Africa--Pretoria, Student movements--South Africa--Pretoria, Apartheid--South Africa--Pretoria, Education--South Africa--Pretoria, Race discrimination--South Africa--Pretoria
Description: A policeman sjamboks (whips) an escaping student rioter during unrest and protests in Western Township near Johannesburg, South Africa, 21 August 1985.
Identifier: islandora:5335

Title: Govan Mbeki's release from prison, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Subject: Ex-convicts--South Africa--Port Elizabeth, Political history--South Africa--Port Elizabeth, Apartheid--South Africa--Port Elizabeth, Mbeki, Govan, 1910-2001
Description: Rivonia trialist and African National Congress (ANC) leader, Govan Mbeki, who spent 23 years in jail on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela, greets supporters and well-wishers on his first full day of release into freedom, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 6 November 1987.
Identifier: islandora:5351

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