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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: Former Robben Island prisoners, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: Former Robben Island prisoners at Table Bay harbour soon after their release this morning. The three, from left, Mr Theophilus Cholo, Mr Maqina Mpanza and Mr Sandi Sijake, spent 15 years on Robben Island after they were convicted in 1973.
Identifier: islandora:17906

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: People protest for the release of political prisoners, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), circa 1991, Apartheid, Demonstrations, Robben Island (South Africa), Hunger strikes
Description: People protest for the release of political prisoners, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16116

Title: People demand the release of political prisoners, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, De Klerk, F. W. (Frederik Willem), Demonstrations
Description: People demand the release of political prisoners, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16091

Title: People protest for the release of prisoners and justice for Jeffrey Benzien, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Political prisoners, Demonstrations
Description: People protest for the release of prisoners and justice for Jeffrey Benzien, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16113

Title: People protest for the release of political prisoners, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), circa 1985, Apartheid, Demonstrations
Description: People protest for the release of political prisoners, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16108

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: Student protest: "Free all political prisoners" banner, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Civil unrest, Demonstrations, University of Cape Town, Apartheid
Description: Student protest: "Free all political prisoners" banner, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16387

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: 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: Protesters hold banner that reads, "What is happening in our prisons?" Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Demonstrations, Apartheid
Description: Protesters hold banner that reads, "What is happening in our prisons?" Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16370

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

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