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Title: ANC rally for released political prisoners, Soweto, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa,
Description: Thousands of supporters attend an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, in Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12592

Title: Stop police violence, protest, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa,
Description: Sign at anti-apartheid rally reads, STOP POLICE VIOLENCE. Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:12611

Title: Dr. Allan Boesak preaching, Cape Town
Subject: Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946-, Political activists, Religious leaders, Apartheid era
Description: Allan Boesak speaking from a pulpit
Identifier: islandora:14833

Title: Nelson Mandela, Treason Trial, Pretoria, 1958
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, Political activists--South Africa--Pretoria, Apartheid--South Africa--Pretoria, Treason Trial, Pretoria, South Africa, 1956-1961
Description: On 13 October 1958, Moses Kotane and Nelson Mandela leave the Pretoria Court beaming with joy as the Crown had withdrawn their treason charges. However, on 19 January 1959, Nelson Mandela and 29 others were put on trial again, only to be found not-guilty two years later.
Identifier: islandora:7467

Title: Mandela addressing COSATU, Johannesburg, 1993
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Political activists--South Africa--Johannesburg, Labor unions--South Africa--Johannesburg, Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, Cosatu
Description: Nelson Mandela addresses a special congress of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) at Vista University in Soweto, Johannesburg, 1993.
Identifier: islandora:1453

Title: Nelson Mandela sits next to his wife and waves to supporters, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists
Description: Nelson and Winnie Mandela
Identifier: islandora:14743

Title: Release of political prisoners
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political prisoners--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Men--South Africa,
Description: Political prisoners on their release from Robben Island prison, accompanied by prison personnel, Cape Town Harbour.
Identifier: islandora:12576

Title: Black Sash demonstrates at St. Mary's Cathedral, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Women political activists, Politics, Crime
Description: Nope to the rope: Campaigner Mr Reggie September and Black Sash members demonstrate at St Mary's Cathedral.
Identifier: islandora:17851

Title: Mayor greets fundraising cyclists, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Fund raising, AIDS activists, Cyclists
Description: Mayoral greeting ... Cape Town Mayor Mr Gordon Oliver greets Mr Pietro Battiston (left) and his cycling partner, Mr Allan Harcombe, outside the City Hall at the end of their almost 2 000 kilometre trip that raised "thousands" of rands in funds for an AIDS home. They were full of praise for the "fantastic response" they had received on the trip.
Identifier: islandora:17633

Title: Portrait of Allan Boesak, Cape Town
Subject: Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946-, Political activists, Religious leaders
Description: Allan Boesak
Identifier: islandora:14481

Title: Election protest, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Signs and signboards--South Africa, Men--South Africa,
Description: Election protest in Cape Town. Signs read, "Don't vote for WAGGIE" and "One vote, one government", Mitchell's Plein, Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12659

Title: Catholic church, Belgravia, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Religious leaders--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Catholics--South Africa,
Description: Father P.J. Pearson leads a congregation outside the Catholic church in Belgravia, Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12648

Title: ANC Youth march, East Rand, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa-- Brakpan, Demonstrations--South Africa-- Brakpan, Political activists--South Africa--Brakpan, Youth--South Africa-- Brakpan
Description: ANC (African National Congress) Youth Congress march for democracy, Tsakane township, 1990.
Identifier: islandora:1448

Title: Demonstration against local councils, Durban, 1981
Subject: Local government, Demonstrations, Community activists, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Residents of Newlands East township demonstrate against government-nominated town councilors in Durban 1981. Because local councils were imposed on the people of the townships by the apartheid government, the residents, for the most part, refused to support them.
Identifier: islandora:887

Title: Black Sash demonstration, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Demonstrations, Women, Political activists, Black Sash (Society)
Description: Standing in silent protest, this woman was one of 50 members of the Black Sash who staged a demonstration in Cape Town today to mark the end of the parliamentary session. Their placards said: "This session ends with unjust restrictive and undemocratic laws imposed on all South Africans!"
Identifier: islandora:16873

Title: Desmond Tutu and Allan Boesak, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Religious leaders--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Tutu, Desmond, Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946-, St. George's Cathedral (Cape Town, South Africa),
Description: Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Allan Boesak and others at a church service in St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12652

Title: Cheryl Carolus, SWAPO meeting
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Women--South Africa, Demonstrations--South Africa, Carolus, Cheryl, 1958-,
Description: Cheryl Carolus at a SWAPO (South West Africa People's Organisation) solidarity meeting in Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12575

Title: Graeme Bloch speaks at a UDF [United Democratic Front] meeting, Cape Town
Subject: Bloch, Graeme, United Democratic Front, Apartheid era, Political activists
Description: Graeme Bloch
Identifier: islandora:14811

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