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Title: Jeppe's map of the Transvaal or S.A. Republic and surrounding territories
Subject: Transvaal (South Africa) -- Maps., Pretoria (South Africa) -- Maps., Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map shows towns, farm boundaries, farm names, farm registration numbers, farms under the jurisdiction of Mining Commissioners, roads, railways, postal routes, custom houses, postal and telegraph information, proclaimed gold fields, mynpachten, kraals and "locations", mountains and rivers. The map also shows portions of the Orange Free State, the Cape Colony, Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], Zululand, Tongaland, the British Protectorate [Botswana] and Portuguese territory [Mozambique]., Relief shown by shading., "The compilers are greatly indebted to Johann Rissik Esq. Surveyor General of the S.A.R. for much valuable information and advice.", "The Freestate portion of the map is reduced from Herfst's map of the O.Freestate. Swaziland is compiled from actual surveys and Miller's map.", Photographic reproduction of the map published: London : Edward Stanford Ltd., 1899., Bar scale of main map in English statute miles., Inset maps include: 'Plan of Johannesburg and surrounding suburbs and townships reduced from "Pritchard's commercial map of J'hburg"' and 'Plan of Pretoria suburbs and surrounding grounds, reduced from original plan compiled in the Surveyor General's Office, Pretoria, S.A.R.' Scale [ca. 1:9 446]. Bar scales in Cape feet., To be used in conjunction with Jeppe's map: Hugh F. Marriot's Alphabetical index to the farms of the Transvaal.
Identifier: islandora:19797

Title: Kamassies
Subject: Namaqualand (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Donkeys--South Africa--Namaqualand,
Description: Donkeys harnessed together for water collection.
Identifier: islandora:5099

Title: Langrivier catchment
Subject: Vegetation monitoring--Stellenbosch (South Africa), Plants--Stellenbosch (South Africa), Botanists--Stellenbosch (South Africa), Mountain plants--Stellenbosch (South Africa), ,
Description: District: Stellenbosch, Location: Jonkershoek Nature Reserve, Langrivier., Ecology: Thirty-six year old vegetation.
Identifier: islandora:3682

Title: Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)
Subject: right-wing organisations, militarisation, military trainingRight-wing extremists--South Africa, Military training camps--South Africa
Description: Training camp run by the Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging (AWB).
Identifier: islandora:8124

Title: Report on a cave site with rock paintings.
Subject: South Africa--Antiquities, Rock paintings--South Africa, ,
Description: Report on a cave site with rock paintings ostrich egg shells, Western Cape, South Africa. The rock paintings are of human and animal figures.
Identifier: islandora:22092

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: Langrivier
Subject: Prescribed burning--Stellenbosch (South Africa), Vegetation management--Stellenbosch (South Africa), Plants--Stellenbosch (South Africa), Plants--Effect of fires on--Stellenbosch(South Africa), ,
Description: District: Stellenbosch, Location: Jonkershoek Nature Reserve, Langrivier., Ecology: Veld burnt in 1942 contrasted with veld on a 4-year burn rotation.
Identifier: islandora:4618

Title: Report on rock paintings found in a small shelter next to a waterfall.
Subject: South Africa--Antiquities, Rock paintings--South Africa, ,
Description: Report on rock paintings found in a small shelter next to a waterfall at Tweefontein, Western Cape, South Africa. The rock paintings are of human and animal figures.
Identifier: islandora:21922

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: Report on a rock face with rock paintings.
Subject: South Africa--Antiquities, Rock paintings--South Africa, ,
Description: Report on a rock face with rock paintings at the Withoogte Outlook, Western Cape, South Africa. The rock paintings are of humans and a buck.
Identifier: islandora:21942

Title: New Panamax cranes, New Pier, Durban
Subject: Durban Harbour (South Africa), Cranes, derricks, etc.--South Africa--Durban, Cranes, derricks, etc.--Photographs
Description: Panamax cranes at the New Pier, Durban harbour
Identifier: islandora:18477

Title: New Residence for J.D. Fitzgerald Trust, Somerset West
Subject: Dwellings -- Landscape architecture--South Africa--Somerset West--Designs and plans,
Description: House Fitzgerald, Erinvale, Somerset West, Western Cape. Preliminary landscape sketch-plan., CAD base plan, printed onto tracing paper, with original hand-drawn ink detail, texture, labelling and hatching., Plan: scale 1:100
Identifier: islandora:22686

Title: Frances and Nia at the beach, Cape Town
Subject: Women--South Africa, Pregnancy, Beaches--South Africa,
Description: Frances and nine-month pregnant Nia (with Nicholas) at Kommetjie beach, Cape Town, 1991. Frances and Graeme were visiting Simon and Nia at their home in Kommetjie.
Identifier: islandora:1385

Title: Sideroxylon dune thicket, Die Dam, Bredasdorp
Subject: Fynbos, South Strandveld, , , ,
Description: Location: Possibly Die Dam Nature Reserve, but exact location uncertain. GPS location given as the campsite., Ecology: Milkwood dune vegetation.
Identifier: islandora:10540

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: The Commonage, Van Wyk's Vley. Plan B
Subject: Land capability for agriculture--South Africa--Vanwyksvlei--Maps, Irrigation--South Africa--Vanwyksvlei--Maps,
Description: A map of Van Wyk's Vley showing the main dam and irrigable lands, the Hartebeeste River, two smaller dams, roads and the farms. No scale given.
Identifier: islandora:25120

Title: Quack Quack ... President Mbeki's chief adviser on medical matters
Subject: South Africa--Politics and government--1994- --Caricatures and cartoons, AIDS (Disease)--Government policy--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: President Mbeki's denialist position on HIV/AIDS and his dependence on the quack opinions of his panel of his AIDS advisers baffled medical experts and confused the public. The duck quacking away inanely became a useful adjunct in many of my cartoons on this subject. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6125

Title: Ugbhu
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 311.121.221 Mono-heterochord musical bows with resonator without tuning noose, Height: 150mm (5.9in), Width: 233mm (9.1in), Length: 1124mm, Place of production: Nongoma (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20755

Title: Transvaal
Subject: Transvaal (South Africa)--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing a province in the north of South Africa which was named Transvaal from 1910 until the end of 1994, and international, intercolonial, provincial, district boundaries, with place names, railways, under construction, projected, roads suitable for motor traffic: all seasons, dry weather, roads suitable for carts, tracks, telegraphs or telephones, telegraphs or telephones along roads or tracks, provinces, frontier districts, localities, mountain ranges, peaks, valleys, capes, islands, tribes, towns of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th importance, rivers, unsurveyed, canals, marshes and swamps, plains liable to inundation, geodetic trigonometrical stations, altitudes in metres, depths in metres, wells, springs, waterholes, pools, historical ruins, wireless telegraph stations. Contours are at 200 & 500 metres & thence at 500 metre intervals. Relief shown by form lines with height in metres, tinted shading. Third edition, ground/air. Colour. Scale 1 : 2,000,000.
Identifier: islandora:19317

Title: Franschhoek Manor
Subject: Planting plans, Franschhoek Manor (Hotel : Franschhoek, South Africa), Hotels--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Franschhoek--Designs and plans,
Description: Franschhoek Manor, Franschhoek, Western Cape. Master landscape plan, dimension plan and plant plan., Paper copy of hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper original.
Identifier: islandora:28016

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