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Title: T-shirt with slogans- Hambani kahle! Produce generic antiretrovirals Treat HIV/AIDS
Subject: AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--South Africa, Social movements--South Africa
Description: Person wearing t-shirt: "Hambani Kahle! Produce generic antiretrovirals. Treat HIV/AIDS"
Identifier: islandora:1044

Title: Father with children, Rhodes, South Africa, 1980
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Poor whites--South Africa, Fathers--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: A father and his two children, Rhodes, 1980
Identifier: islandora:934

Title: Terry's son with domestic worker
Subject: Domestic employees--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Social conditions--South Africa,
Description: Terry's son, Nicholas, spending the day with Honey, Frances and Graeme.
Identifier: islandora:1379

Title: The end of Sophiatown, 1959
Subject: Sophiatown (Johannesburg, South Africa)--Social conditions, Apartheid--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Blacks--Housing--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Forced migration--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Rubble--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg)
Description: By 1959 most of the houses in Sophiatown had disappeared. Big machines and men with picks beat down the last walls of Sophiatown.
Identifier: islandora:7458

Title: Eugene Terre'Blanche, Mafikeng, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Terre Blanche, Euge?ne N., Truth and Lies,
Description: Eugene Terre'Blanche, Mafikeng, 1998. Terre'Blanche, the leader of the Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), attended the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings in order to oppose the amnesty application of a South African Police (SAP) officer, Ontlametse Bernstein Menyatswe, who had killed three members of the AWB in 1994. Menyatswe argued that the killing had been politically motivated and he was acting in defense of his people and their right to vote in a national democratic election.
Identifier: islandora:775

Title: Elderly woman's hands crossed on her lap
Subject: Genadendal (South Africa)—Social conditions, Women—South Africa—Genadendal,
Description: The hands of an elderly woman crossed on her lap.
Identifier: islandora:18287

Title: Amina Vallie, 1996
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa)--Social conditions, Portraits, Bedrooms--South Africa, Older people--South Africa, Muslim women--South Africa, Islamic clothing and dress--South Africa,
Description: Zubeida Vallie's mother, Amina "Mum" Vallie (n�e Patel), October 1996.
Identifier: islandora:12664

Title: Children with domestic worker, South Africa
Subject: Household employees--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Social conditions--South Africa,
Description: A domestic worker directs her employer's two children past a pile of rubbish bins on a pavement in South Africa, January 1973.
Identifier: islandora:18483

Title: Two men walking with backpacks, Genadendal, South Africa
Subject: Genadendal (South Africa)—Social conditions, Men—South Africa--Genadendal,
Description: Two men walking with backpacks along a gravel road in Genadendal, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18293

Title: Mr President, Schalk McVenter, Frikkie McBotha and Jock van der Merwe of the Gauteng Bolanders want a Scottish homeland of their own
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918- --Caricatures and cartoons, Whites--South Africa--Social conditions--21st century--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: Certain whites, feeling their cultural heritage and independence threatened, continued to yearn for an exclusive homeland. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6170

Title: Child at the Mai Mai hostel, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Children--South Africa--Johannesburg, Johannesburg (South Africa)--Social conditions, Urban housing--South Africa--Johannesbueg
Description: A young girl stands outside a room in the Mai Mai hostel in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18574

Title: Oral history interview with Moses Molelekwa [Part 1 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., Pin7.08a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:44 min. ; interview 8 of 16
Identifier: islandora:22551

Title: Monica Nqabakazi Godolozi, Pebco Three widow, Motherwell, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Monica Nqabakazi Godolozi, the widow of Qwaqwahuli Godolozi, one of the Pebco Three, with her daughter, Papama, Port Elizabeth, 1997. The Pebco Three were three political activists who were tricked into being captured by security police, taken to an isolated police station near Cradock and beaten to death during interrogation.
Identifier: islandora:758

Title: The Haven, Cape Town
Subject: Homeless persons--South Africa, Urban poor--South Africa, Shelters for the homeless--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: A man climbs stairs at the Haven Night Shelter.
Identifier: islandora:5735

Title: Squatters, Hout Bay, Cape Town
Subject: Urban poor--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Temporary housing--South Africa, Dwellings--Social aspects--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Mr. Martin Anthony and his two daughters.
Identifier: islandora:5745

Title: Flower seller, Zainub Abrahams, 1996
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa)--Social conditions, Portraits, Women--South Africa, Flower vending--South Africa,
Description: Flower seller, Zainub Abrahams, October 1996.
Identifier: islandora:12690

Title: Oral history interview with Welby Lutshaba [Part 1 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., Pin8.03a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 30:10 min. ; interview 3 of 17
Identifier: islandora:22571

Title: Boy selling newspapers, Parow, South Africa, 1981
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Newspaper vendors--South Africa, Child labor--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: A newspaper vendor with his bundle of newspapers at the Parow railway station, where he was left shortly before dawn, 1981
Identifier: islandora:950

Title: Oral history interview with Tony Ehrenreich
Subject: Oral history, Labor unions--Social aspects--South Africa, Economic conditions--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Labor union members--South Africa--Interviews, Ehrenreich, Tony
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., Por3.01.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 30:49 min. ; interview 1 of 4
Identifier: islandora:25022

Title: Three men praying in a church, South Africa
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions, Men--South Africa,
Description: Three men stand and pray in a church, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18620

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