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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
- 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
- Police reload at funeral, Duduza, 1985
- Subject
- Police shootings, Funeral service, Political violence, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
- Description
- Policemen reload their guns after firing at mourners during the funeral for the young activists killed in the "grenade incident" in Duduza township, Transvaal (now Gauteng), July 1985. Deaths followed funerals with sad predictability.
- Identifier
- islandora:910
- 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
- Oral history interview with Nicholas Henwood [Part 1 of 2]
- Subject
- Oral history, United Democratic Front (South Africa), Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Interviews, Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government, ,
- Description
- The United Democratic Front (UDF) was established as a non-racial, anti-apartheid coalition in 1983. The interviews in this collection deal with the formation and impact of the UDF in the Western Cape in the 1980s. Key figures involved with the UDF are interviewed, including Cheryl Carolus, Lionel Louw, Sydney Luckett and Phyllis Orner. Themes include: community based organisations affiliated to the UDF; the effects of apartheid; religious affiliation; role of the UDF in the community; trade unions. These interviews originate from research conducted for the Albert Luthuli Young Historians Award 2008., Por6.02a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 53:20 min. ; interview 2 of 6
- Identifier
- islandora:24449
- 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
- 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
- Save the Press campaign, UCT
- Subject
- Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, University of Cape Town--Students, Youths--South Africa, Universities and colleges--South Africa,
- Description
- Save the Press' campaign meeting in the Beattie Lecture Theatre at the University of Cape Town (UCT)., circa 1980s
- Identifier
- islandora:12637
- 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
- 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
- Leandra Youth Congress members, Leandra township, Transvaal, 1986
- Subject
- Funeral service, Vigilantes, Political violence, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
- Description
- Members of the Leandra Youth Congress regroup after repelling an attack by vigilantes at the funeral of their community leader, Chief Ampie Mayisa. Mayisa led his community in a successful fight against forced removal. His request to the police for protection from vigilantes was denied and he was assassinated shortly afterwards.
- Identifier
- islandora:859
- 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
- Police firing at ANC supporters, South Africa, 1992
- Subject
- Apartheid--South Africa--Boipatong, Political violence--South Africa--Boipatong, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Boipatong, South African Police, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Boipatong, Best of Marinovich
- Description
- South African police fired on African National Congress (ANC) supporters as they tried to check the identity of a man shot dead by police in this Boipatong field on June 20, 1992. Forty-five ANC supporters, including women and children, were massacred by Zulu supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) the night before.
- Identifier
- islandora:1182
- Title
- Oral history interview with Benjamin Pogrund, Robert Sobukwe's friend and biographer
- 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., Pin13.03.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 48:10 min. ; interview 3 of 5
- Identifier
- islandora:19441
- Title
- Oral history interview with Regina Seleka [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., Pin8.13a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:49 min. ; interview 13 of 17
- Identifier
- islandora:29661
- 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
- Student demonstration, Durban, 1985
- Subject
- Student protesters, Demonstrations, Police, Black, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
- Description
- Students taunts a black policeman during a demonstration following the assassination of United Democratic Front (UDF) leader, Victoria Mxenge. She was buried next to her husband, Griffiths Mxenge, also a victim of assassination several years earlier. Between 1978 and 1989, over 150 activists were assassinated, with no one found responsible for these murders.
- Identifier
- islandora:881
- Title
- Mandela returns to Robben Island with fellow Rivonia treason trialists, South Africa
- Subject
- Ex-convicts--South Africa--Robben Island, Apartheid--South Africa--Robben Island, Political history--South Africa--Robben Island, Prisons--South Africa--Robben Island
- Description
- Nelson Mandela and his fellow convicted Rivonia treason trialists, all former political prisoners on Robben Island, return to the island on the fourth anniversary of Mandela's release from jail. Here they are pictured in the quarry in which the black prisoners were made to dig out lime daily. Some say Mandela's eyes were damaged by the lime dust. Cape Town, South Africa, 11 February 1994.
- Identifier
- islandora:5374
- 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
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