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Title: Rabbi Israel Abrahams hands "Prayer for the Republic of South Africa" to Mr Klopper, Cape Town
Subject: Rabbis--South Africa, Religious leaders, Jewish scholars, Politics
Description: Chief Rabbi I. Abrahams (centre) handed an illuminated "Prayer for the Republic of South Africa" , in Afrikaans , Hebrew and English, to the Speaker, Mr. H.J. Klopper, at the Houses of Parliament yesterday. With them is Mr. Eli Shannon, a leading member of the Cape Town congregation. The prayer, composed by Professor Abrahams, was presented at the Speaker's request and will hang in his room at Parliament.
Identifier: islandora:14693

Title: Great Trek Commemoration, Uitenhage, South Africa
Subject: South Africa-- History--Great Trek, 1836-1840--Anniversaries, etc., Role playing, Political history--South Africa--Pretoria, Afrikaners--Social life and customs
Description: Commemoration of the Afrikaners' Great Trek, Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa, December 1988.
Identifier: islandora:5353

Title: A new South Africa?
Subject: white men, white women, old South African flagElections--South Africa--1987, Political candidates--South Africa, Politicians--South Africa, Women, White--South Africa, Men, White--South Africa
Description: Independent Movement members Denis Worrall (right), Ester Lategan and Wynand Malan share a platform in Stellenbosch.
Identifier: islandora:8387

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: 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: 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: Hostel wars, South Africa, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Soweto, Political violence--South Africa--Soweto, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Soweto, Best of Marinovich
Description: Zulu supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) hack and beat a Pondo man accused of being an ANC (African National Congress) supporter, Nancefield hostel, Soweto, 1990.
Identifier: islandora:1209

Title: Zulu warriors, South Africa, 1994
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, History--Political aspects--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, Demonstrations--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, Zulu (African people)--Clothing, Best of Marinovich
Description: IFP (Inkatha Freedom Party) supporting amabutho (warriors) on their way to a rally on a misty morning in KwaZulu-Natal, 1994.
Identifier: islandora:1194

Title: Funeral, South Africa, 1993
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Heidelberg (Gauteng), Political violence--South Africa--Heidelberg (Gauteng), Funeral rites and ceremonies--South Africa--Heidelberg (Gauteng), History--Political aspects--South Africa--Heidelberg (Gauteng), Football teams--South Africa--Heidelberg (Gauteng), Best of Marinovich
Description: A football team buries their teammate, who was killed in crossfire between African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) fighters, while playing soccer in Ratanda township, Heidelberg, 1993.
Identifier: islandora:1202

Title: Hostel wars, South Africa, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Political violence--South Africa--Johannesburg, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Johannesburg, Best of Marinovich
Description: Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography, 1991: an African National Congress (ANC) supporter swings a machete into Lindsaye Tshabalala's blazing head. Tshabalala was suspected of being an Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporter. Inhlazane Station, 1990.
Identifier: islandora:1211

Title: ANC victory celebrations, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Political history--South Africa--Johannesburg, Elections--South Africa--Johannesburg, Democracy--South Africa--Johannesburg, Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: African National Congress (ANC) supporters embrace in celebration of victory in South Africa's first all-race presidential elections, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 1994.
Identifier: islandora:5378

Title: Burning barricades, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Demonstrations--South Africa--Cape Town, Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Segregation----South Africa--Cape Town, Political history--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Burning barricades in the streets of Athlone during protests and riots against apartheid, October 1985, Cape Town, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:5342

Title: Pensioner votes for first time in her life, Soweto, South Africa
Subject: Political history--South Africa--Soweto, Elections--South Africa--Soweto, Democracy--South Africa--Soweto, Voting--South Africa--Soweto, Older people--South Africa--Soweto
Description: On the day before the official voting day for South Africa's first all-race elections, black pensioners cast their vote, the first time in their lives. Soweto, South Africa, 26 April 1994.
Identifier: islandora:5377

Title: Inkatha councillor, Hammarsdale, South Africa
Subject: Politics--South Africa, Political parties--South Africa, Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa,
Description: Inkatha councillor, Zakhele Nkehle. Hammarsdale, KwaZulu-Natal, 1988.
Identifier: islandora:18371

Title: Family visiting grave of Hendrik Verwoerd, Pretoria, South Africa
Subject: Ex-prime ministers--South Africa--Pretoria, Prime ministers' spouses--South Africa--Pretoria, Cemeteries--South Africa--Pretoria, Political history--South Africa--Pretoria, Politicians--South Africa--Pretoria
Description: Betsy, the wife of apartheid founder and former Prime Minister, Hendrik Verwoerd, visits his grave with family in Pretoria, South Africa, January 1986.
Identifier: islandora:5344

Title: Rally against democratic tendencies of NP government, Pretoria, South Africa
Subject: Voortrekker Monument (Pretoria, South Africa), Political history--South Africa--Pretoria, Demonstrations--South Africa--Pretoria
Description: Thousands of whites gather at the Voortrekker Monument, the symbol of Afrikaner culture, in support of Conservative Party leader, Dr. Andries Treurnicht, to rally against democratic tendencies of the National Party (NP) Government, Pretoria, South Africa, May 1990.
Identifier: islandora:5363

Title: Chris Hani promoting peace at first democratic elections, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Political activists--South Africa--Johannesburg, Public meetings--South Africa--Johannesburg, Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Elections--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: Charismatic African National Congress (ANC) military leader, Chris Hani, appeals to township supporters for an end to violence and factional killing, in the run-up to the country's first democratic elections. Thokoza township, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 1991.
Identifier: islandora:5365

Title: Violence in Alexandra township, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Squatter settlements--South Africa--Gauteng, Law enforcement--South Africa--Gauteng, Apartheid--South Africa--Gauteng, Political history--South Africa--Gauteng, Political violence--South Africa--Gauteng, Demonstrations--South Africa--Gauteng
Description: Police fire at residents who defied orders not to march on Inkatha-occupied hostels from which the Zulus had been launching attacks on township dwellers, Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 March 1992.
Identifier: islandora:5369

Title: Vigil for murdered ANC supporter, South Africa, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Limpopo, Political violence--South Africa--Limpopo, Funeral rites and ceremonies--South Africa--Limpopo, Ritual--South Africa--Limpopo, Best of Marinovich
Description: African National Congress (ANC) supporters do the toyi-toyi dance at a night vigil for a comrade who was killed by security forces in the Venda homeland, in the far north of South Africa, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:1222

Title: Survivor of IFP attack, South Africa, 1996
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, History--Political aspects--South Africa, Torture victims--South Africa, Best of Marinovich
Description: 1996: An African National Congress (ANC) survivor, whose face shows the wounds he suffered during an attack on Christmas Day a year earlier (1995). The late Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) warlord, Sqolosa Xolo, led his men to massacre over 25 ANC supporters on Christmas Day 1995. He was never charged in the case, despite there being eyewitness testimony.
Identifier: islandora:1224

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