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Title: ANC refugees, South Africa, 1994
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, Refugees--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, History--Political aspects--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)--Social conditions, Best of Marinovich
Description: A family carry their belongings home after months in a refugee camp for African National Congress (ANC) supporting families from the Sonkombo area from which they had fled months earlier because of attacks by rival Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Sonkombo, KwaZulu-Natal, 1994.
Identifier: islandora:1199

Title: White supervisors undertake labourers work in market, South Africa
Subject: Social conditions--South Africa, Labor--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa,
Description: White supervisors undertake labourers work in market, January 1973, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18493

Title: Non-whites only' bus, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Transportation--South Africa--Pretoria, Apartheid--South Africa--Pretoria, Social conditions--South Africa--Pretoria, Segregation--South Africa--Pretoria, Race discrimination--South Africa--Pretoria
Description: Non-whites only' bus, September 1982, Johannesburg, South Africa. Under apartheid, buses and bus-stops were racially segregated.
Identifier: islandora:5333

Title: Returning to the land, Magopa, South Africa
Subject: Land ownership--South Africa, Land--South Africa, Social conditions--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa,
Description: The people of Mogopa re-establish themselves in their land after being forcibly removed by the apartheid state. Magopa, North West Province, 1991.
Identifier: islandora:18378

Title: Police arresting innocent man, South Africa, 1992
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--eNtokozweni, Race discrimination--South Africa--eNtokozweni, eNtokozweni (South Africa)--Social conditions, Police brutality--South Africa--eNtokozweni, Best of Marinovich
Description: A policeman and his friend try to arrest a man who was walking drunk along the main road in the small, escarpment town of Machadodorp, 1992.
Identifier: islandora:1191

Title: Whites only' park, Stilfontein, South Africa
Subject: Parks--Public use--South Africa--Stilfontein, Apartheid--South Africa--Stilfontein, Social conditions--South Africa--Stilfontein, Segregation----South Africa--Stilfontein, Race discrimination--South Africa--Stilfontein
Description: Under apartheid's policies of racial separation, only whites were allowed to use the park and the amenities in it, Stilfontein, South Africa, 14 December 1988.
Identifier: islandora:5355

Title: Police warn union members, South Africa, 1970s
Subject: Labor movement--History, Labor unions, Black--History, Social control, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Police with bullhorns warn workers to disband. The South African government opposed black unions, but liberalised labour laws in the late 1970s, allowing black unions to operate legally. This ushered in a period of worker organisation and activism, leading to the formation of COSATU, the Congress of South African Trade Unions.
Identifier: islandora:866

Title: Waiting for the 'whites only' bus, Pretoria, South Africa
Subject: Buses--South Africa--Pretoria, Apartheid--South Africa--Pretoria, Social conditions--South Africa--Pretoria, Segregation----South Africa--Pretoria, Race discrimination--South Africa--Pretoria
Description: Waiting for a 'whites only' bus under apartheid's policies of racial segregation, Pretoria, South Africa, November 1988.
Identifier: islandora:5352

Title: Community leader, Alcockspruit, South Africa
Subject: Housing--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Social conditions--South Africa,
Description: Alcockspruit community leader, Horatius Mabuso. The community succesfully reclaimed land from which they were forcibly removed, 1994.
Identifier: islandora:18388

Title: Zulu hostel, South Africa, 1992
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Soweto, Political violence--South Africa--Soweto, Soweto (South Africa)--Social conditions, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Soweto, Weapons--South Africa--Soweto, Best of Marinovich
Description: Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters show off weapons in a shebeen in Dobsonville hostel, while police search for weapons outside, Soweto, 1992. Thousands of people, both civilians and combatants, died in the so-called "Hostel War" that lasted from 1989-1995.
Identifier: islandora:1190

Title: Hostel wars, South Africa, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Thokoza, Political violence--South Africa--Thokoza, Thokoza (South Africa)--Social conditions, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Thokoza, Best of Marinovich
Description: ANC (African National Congress) supporters push over a breeze-block wall, part of Khalanyoni hostel at the southern end of Khumalo Street, Thokoza, 1990. These ANC warriors dismantled the buildings, brick by multi-coloured brick, and used them to rebuild their shacks that were destroyed in the fighting with the IFP (Inkatha Freedom Party).
Identifier: islandora:1192

Title: Remains of torched bus, KwaMashu township, South Africa
Subject: Vandalism--South Africa, Wrecks, Automobile--South Africa, Social conditions--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa,
Description: The remains of a bus that was torched in stay away mass action, KwaMashu township, Durban, 1987.
Identifier: islandora:18367

Title: Hostel interior, South Africa, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Thokoza, Thokoza (South Africa)--Social conditions, Housing--South Africa--Thokoza, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Thokoza, Best of Marinovich
Description: A room inside the Mshaya'zafe hostel, Thokoza, near Johannesburg, 1990. The migrant workers' hostel was later destroyed in clashes between the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and African National Congress (ANC). Thousands of people, both civilians and combatants, died in the so-called "Hostel War" that lasted from 1989-1995.
Identifier: islandora:1204

Title: Police search at train station, South Africa, 1992
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Soweto, Political violence--South Africa--Soweto, Soweto (South Africa)--Social conditions, Railroad stations--South Africa--Soweto, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Soweto, Best of Marinovich
Description: Police search African National Congress (ANC) supporters at a train station in Soweto, 1992. Hundreds were killed on trains, often by masked men. Some were later identified as police agents, while others claimed the minibus taxi bosses organised the deaths to force customers to use their mode of transport.
Identifier: islandora:1205

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