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Title: Transkei
Subject: South African War, 1899-1902 -- Maps., Transkei (South Africa) -- Maps., Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: 1st ed., This map forms part of the Imperial map of the Cape Colony., The map shows main roads, branch roads, farm roads, rivers, hills, pans, railways, telegraph lines, farm names, farm boundaries, divisional boundaries, outspans and homesteads in the Transkei region., Relief shown by hachures., "South Africa having never been properly surveyed, this map must necessarily contain many inaccuracies.", Projection not given., Printed in black, red, brown and blue., The maps are printed on linen.
Identifier: islandora:24861

Title: Report on a cave site with rock paintings.
Subject: South Africa--Antiquities, Rock paintings--South Africa, ,
Description: Report on a cave site with a rock painting near Kandlaars siding, Western Cape, South Africa. The rock painting is of an elephant.
Identifier: islandora:22105

Title: Tugela River - Upper Tugela Location above Hoffenthal on the Delta. Original caption states 'looking north west', however nowhere near Hoffenthal looking north west has this view - possibly west south west. Possibly 2829CD
Subject: Botany--South Africa, Plants--South Africa, ,
Identifier: islandora:9460

Title: Swartboschkloof
Subject: Plants--Stellenbosch (South Africa), Plants--Effect of fires on--Stellenbosch (South Africa), Mountain plants--Stellenbosch (South Africa), Mountains--Stellenbosch (South Africa), ,
Description: District: Stellenbosch, Location: Jonkershoek Nature Reserve, Swartboskloof., Ecology: After a fire.
Identifier: islandora:2586

Title: Members of the San community share their knowledge and memories with researchers, Print # 3
Subject: Rooi, |Una ; Brou, Kheis ; Koper, |Abaka ; Namaseb, Levi, San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Women--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Research--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Kheis Brou, |Una Rooi and |Abaka Koper reconnect with their cultural heritage in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Here |Abaka Koper points out something in the distance to Levi Namaseb.
Identifier: islandora:27199

Title: Plot 58 [Mhlwayini Valley]. Mhlawazini
Subject: Botany--South Africa, Plants--South Africa, ,
Identifier: islandora:9071

Title: KTC resident
Subject: squatter camps, townships, destruction, violence, gunsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Weapons, Vigilantes--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Residents of KTC informal settlement fight 'witdoeke' (vigilantes).
Identifier: islandora:8371

Title: Swartboschkloof
Subject: Plants--Stellenbosch (South Africa), Plants--Effect of fires on--Stellenbosch (South Africa), Mountain plants--Stellenbosch (South Africa), Mountains--Stellenbosch (South Africa), ,
Description: District: Stellenbosch, Location: Jonkershoek Nature Reserve, Swartboskloof., Ecology: After a fire.
Identifier: islandora:2608

Title: Mbila mutondo
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 111.212 Sets of percussion sticks, Place of production: Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20785

Title: Green Valley House, Constantia
Subject: Dwellings--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Green Valley House, Constantia, Cape Town. Landscape sketch-plan. Conceptual site layout plan., Original, hand-drawn in ink on tracing paper., Plan: scale 1:100
Identifier: islandora:22440

Title: Father Michael Lapsley, Cape Town, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Lapsley, Michael, Truth and Lies,
Description: Father Michael Lapsley, Cape Town, 1997. A New Zealander, he arrived at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 1973 and deported to Lesotho in 1976 where he joined the ANC and trained Anglican priests. In April 1990, after the release of Nelson Mandela, he received a letter bomb believed to have been sent by a government death squad. He lost an eye and both hands.
Identifier: islandora:785

Title: Little Berg. Allendale, Kamberg. Pete, Wally, Greg on summit
Subject: Botany--South Africa--Kwazulu-Natal, Botany--Drakensberg Mountains, ,
Description: Kamberg
Identifier: islandora:8511

Title: 50/80 [Drakensberg location No. 2 on top of hill ' 2km east of Benwood Kraal][144]
Subject: Botany--South Africa, Plants--South Africa, ,
Identifier: islandora:9245

Title: Construction work at Cape Town Harbour
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Shipping, Building, Labour
Description: Development of Cape Town Harbour, circa 1990.
Identifier: islandora:17078

Title: Map of Cape Town central and neighbouring suburbs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Map shows tramways, railways, principal buildings, bathing places (including the "New Swimming Baths" at Woodstock), the foreshore area and harbour area, marking Victoria Dock, Alfred Dock and the position of the New Basin. Map gives the distances from Adderley Street to various suburbs and other centres as well as available means of transport. There is additional tourist information on the verso of the map., South African Railways and Harbours.
Identifier: islandora:19894

Title: Police carry protestor out of Parliament Gates, Cape Town
Subject: South Africa. Parliament, Governments, Demonstrations, Law enforcement, ,
Description: Parliament building.
Identifier: islandora:15770

Title: Looking north north west over Nooitgedacht. 131/81 [Nooitgedacht]
Subject: Botany--South Africa, Plants--South Africa, ,
Identifier: islandora:9489

Title: Cheiridopsis derenbergiana Schwantes
Subject: South Africa--Northern Cape, Province of, Aizoaceae--South Africa--Northern Cape--Pictorial works, Botany--South Africa--Northern Cape--Pictorial works, Vygie
Description: Botanical illustration - coloured - Cheiridopsis derenbergiana. Drawn from a collection made by F.R.R. Schlechter, Richtersveld. National Botanical Garden 523/34? This material dried.
Identifier: islandora:23115

Title: Oral history interview with Mrs Dollie [ Part 1 of 1]
Subject: Forced removals, Oral history, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: District Six refers to a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. It is best known for the forced removal of over 60 000 of its residents by the apartheid government. This extensive sub-collection contains interviews from various projects conducted between 1985 and 2002. The majority of interviewees resided or worked in District Six prior to being forcibly removed. Themes include: children, the Coon Carnival, crime, resident’s experiences of relocation, gangs, household arrangements, jazz, marriage, mixed marriages across racial lines, music, nostalgia, recreation, religion, schooling, social and racial issues and work., Cwc2.49a.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 25:11 min. ; interview 49 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18831

Title: |Una Rooi and Piet Rooi connect with an unidentified member of the San Community
Subject: Rooi, |Una ; Rooi, Piet, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Khomani (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: |Una Rooi and Piet Rooi with an unidentified male standing near a road between Andriesvale and Welkom, Northern Cape, South Africa. |Una Rooi was instrumental in the data collection process for the Land Claim application. She was a fluent N|uu speaker and taught N|uu and San cultural history to children in Andriesvale, Northern Cape, South Africa, and was a member of Council of Elders. She was born in the Kalahari Gemsbok Park in 1931 and passed away in 2012. Piet Rooi married |Una Rooi In 1948 and in 1967 they were employed in the then-Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. He died a few years before her.
Identifier: islandora:27072

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