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Title: Sisulu and wife on his release from prison, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political prisoners--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Sisulu, Walter Max, Kathrada, A. M. (Ahmad M.),
Description: Walter Sisulu with his wife, Albertina, and Ahmed Kathrada, amongst others, at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12596

Title: Pollsmoor Prison March, Cape Town, 1985
Subject: Student protesters, Demonstrations, Police brutality, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Police attack youths early in the morning on the day of the Pollsmoor Prison March. United Democratic Front (UDF) leaders had called upon people to march to Pollsmoor Prison in August 1985 to demand the release of Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners. The students were also protesting against the state's education system, which offered blacks inferior education.
Identifier: islandora:890

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: Released political prisoner, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Political leadership--South Africa, Political prisoners--South Africa,
Description: Released political prisoner gives a resistance salute upon his arrival at the Cape Town airport., circa 1990
Identifier: islandora:12616

Title: Ahmed Kathrada, release of ANC prisoners, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Political leadership--South Africa, Political prisoners--South Africa, Kathrada, A. M. (Ahmad M.),
Description: Ahmed Kathrada arrives at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12612

Title: Political leaders, release of prisoners, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Political leadership--South Africa, Sisulu, Walter Max, Mbeki, Govan, 1910-2001,
Description: From left, Murphy Morobe, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki, Oscar Mpheta, Ahmed Kathrada and Helen Joseph, at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12601

Title: Mhlaba, release of political prisoners, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Mhlaba, Raymond, 1920-,
Description: Raymond Mhlaba addressing thousands of supporters at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12597

Title: ANC rally for released political prisoners, Soweto, 1989
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:12591

Title: Sisulu on his release from prison, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Sisulu, Walter Max,
Description: Walter Sisulu salutes supporters at an ANC (African National Congress) rally on his release from prison, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12595

Title: Andrew Mlangeni, release of political prisoners, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Political leadership--South Africa, Political prisoners--South Africa, Mlangeni, Andrew,
Description: Andrew Mlangeni at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12602

Title: Women in prison' freedom campaign, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Women--South Africa,
Description: Released female prisoners at the Methodist Church in Hazendal., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12645

Title: ANC rally for released political prisoners, Soweto, 1991
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:12593

Title: Sisulu, release of ANC prisoners, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Political leadership--South Africa, Political prisoners--South Africa, Sisulu, Walter Max,
Description: Walter Sisulu in front of the audience at an ANC (African National Congress) rally upon his release from prison, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12614

Title: Govan Mbeki, release of political prisoners, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Mbeki, Govan, 1910-2001,
Description: Govan Mbeki addressing thousands of supporters at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12594

Title: Oral history interview with Achmad Cassiem, a political activist and prisoner on Robben Island [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso, Political activists--South Africa--Biography, Pan Africanist Congress--History, South Africa--Politics and government--1961-1978, Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa--History, Government, Resistance to--South Africa,
Description: The interviews in this collection focus on the life history of Robert Sobukwe, teacher, lecturer, lawyer, secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) Branch in Standerton and first president of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). Interviewees include Achmat Cassiem (activist and Robben Island prisoner), Benjamin Pogrund (author of his autobiography), Charmaine van Tonder (Robert Sobukwe's neighbour) and Dinilesizwe Sobukwe (Robert Sobukwe's son). Themes include: the controversy regarding his burial; the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC); reflections on his funeral; his life on Robben Island; Sobukwe as a father; the Sharpeville Massacre and his work at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) . This sub-collection originated as research for the Albert Luthuli Young Historians award 2010., Pin13.01b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 01:03:32 min. ; interview 1 of 5
Identifier: islandora:19439

Title: Ashley Forbes amongst freed prisoners, Cape Town
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, Forbes, Ashley,
Description: Ashley Forbes amongst freed political prisoners disembarking at Cape Town harbour on their release from Robben Island prison in 1991.
Identifier: islandora:12577

Title: Suzman, release of ANC prisoners, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Political leadership--South Africa, Political prisoners--South Africa, Suzman, Helen,
Description: Helen Suzman arrives at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12613

Title: ANC rally for release of prisoners, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Political prisoners--South Africa,
Description: LONG LIVE ANC (African National Congress) sign amongst supporters at a rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12615

Title: Political leaders upon release from prison, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Political leadership--South Africa, Political prisoners--South Africa,
Description: Leaders being welcomed by supporters at an ANC (African National Congress) rally upon their release from prison, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12606

Title: Rally for released political prisoners, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Political leadership--South Africa, Political prisoners--South Africa,
Description: Addressing the crowd at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released political prisoners, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12609

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