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Title: Oral history interview with Hassan Howa [Part 3 of 4]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Discrimination in sports--South Africa, Sports--Political aspects--South Africa, Racism in sports--South Africa, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Howa, Hassan
Description: This is a series of unrelated interviews from the period 1985-1990 with people involved in different spheres of political life in Africa, with particular reference to the politics of South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Zambia and the Congo. Interviewees include, Jane Gool, Hassan Howa, Hosea Jaffe, I.B. Tabata, Jack Cope and Otillie Abrahams. Themes include: African National Congress (ANC) training camps, anti-discrimination in sport, life in exile in Botswana and Namibia, gender empowerment , the history of St. Francis, Langa in the Western Cape, Non-European Unity Movement (NUEM), political upheaval in Kenya, rural life and work and the South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO), Pin4.24a.mp3: Part 3 of 4 ; 32:13 min. ; interview 24 of 52
Identifier: islandora:25874

Title: Workers' theatre, Johannesburg, 1987
Subject: Workers' theater, Labor union members--Political activity, Politics and culture, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Workers turn actors in a play staged during Culture Day as part of the 2nd National Conference of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). In spite of severely repressive measures imposed by the State of Emergency, people found ways to express their deepest feelings and ideas, creating new art forms like this "workers' play".
Identifier: islandora:862

Title: Interior of the Government Caucus room, Cape Town
Subject: South Africa. Parliament, Governments, Legislation, Politics, Architecture, Interior decoration, , ,
Description: House of Assembly: The Government caucus room. Here the members of the party in power meet at least once a week to discuss their tactics for business due to be introduced in the House.
Identifier: islandora:15772

Title: Oral history interview with Reg September [Part 2 of 4]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, South African Coloured People's Organisation, September, Reg
Description: This is a series of unrelated interviews from the period 1985-1990 with people involved in different spheres of political life in Africa, with particular reference to the politics of South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Zambia and the Congo. Interviewees include, Jane Gool, Hassan Howa, Hosea Jaffe, I.B. Tabata, Jack Cope and Otillie Abrahams. Themes include: African National Congress (ANC) training camps, anti-discrimination in sport, life in exile in Botswana and Namibia, gender empowerment , the history of St. Francis, Langa in the Western Cape, Non-European Unity Movement (NUEM), political upheaval in Kenya, rural life and work and the South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO), Pin4.42b.mp3: Part 2 of 4 ; 32:04 min. ; interview 42 of 52
Identifier: islandora:29723

Title: Nathan Geffen
Subject: AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects--South Africa, Treatment Action Campaign, Geffen, Nathan
Description: Nathan Geffen addresses the press at a Treatment Action Campaign press conference
Identifier: islandora:1049

Title: Police arrest student during protest, Durban, 1985
Subject: Arrest (Police methods), Police brutality, Student protesters, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Police, carrying sjamboks (traditionally, rhinocerous hide whips, but often made of flexible plastic), arrest a student after breaking up protests that followed the assassination of United Democratic Front (UDF) leader and human rights lawyer, Victoria Mxenge, in Durban.
Identifier: islandora:860

Title: Oral history interview with Dinilesizwe Sobukwe, Robert Sobukwe's son
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., Pin13.04.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 20:15 min. ; interview 4 of 5
Identifier: islandora:19442

Title: Defending ANC flag, Langa township, 1987
Subject: Funeral service, Police, Youth--Political activity, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: The Muslim leader, Moulana Faried Essack, tries to stop police from removing an African National Congress (ANC) flag draped over the coffin of slain ANC member, Ashley Kriel, in Langa township, Cape Town, July 1987. Symbols of the ANC, though illegal, were visible at funerals, an insistent reminder of the political meaning of the deaths.
Identifier: islandora:904

Title: Mother holding bloodstained shirt, Tembisa township, Transvaal, 1985
Subject: Police shootings, Political violence, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: A mother holds up the bloodstained shirt of her son, shot in the back by police. According to government statistics, 381 people were killed in "unrest" incidents between September 1984 and April 1985. The government's own statistics acknowledged that three quarters of these victims died as a direct result of police action.
Identifier: islandora:874

Title: Student protest, Durban, 1986
Subject: Student protesters, Youth--Political activity, Demonstrations, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Students at Lamontville High School protest against South African Defense Force (SADF) attacks on African National Congress (ANC) refugees in Zambia and Zimbabwe. The ANC was banned before these students were born.
Identifier: islandora:879

Title: Arms deal report
Subject: Political corruption--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, Military weapons--Purchasing--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: The Auditor general's report on the arms deal was sufficiently edited and corrected when published to exonerate anyone from wrongdoing and confirm that the entire deal was above board. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6202

Title: Election violence, South Africa, 1994
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Bekkersdal, Political violence--South Africa--Bekkersdal, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Bekkersdal, Best of Marinovich
Description: Azanian People's Organisation (Azapo) supporters charge at African National Congress (ANC) supporters in clashes between the police, army, Azapo and the ANC in Bekkersdal township, 1994.
Identifier: islandora:1197

Title: Dept. of Information. For the best white-wash jobs
Subject: South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989--Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa. Department of Information--Caricatures and cartoons, Rhoodie, Eschel M. (Eschel Mostert)--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: The Department of Information, with its flamboyant secretary Eschel Rhoodie at the helm, did its best to improve the international image of the pariah apartheid state. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6187

Title: Save the Press campaign, 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: A gagged journalist outside Independent Newspapers in Cape Town, protesting against the draconian press laws during the 'Save the Press' campaign, Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12572

Title: Cabinet Ministers sit for a photograph opportunity, Cape Town
Subject: South Africa. Parliament, Governments, Legislation, Politics, ,
Description: Two new cabinet ministers and three deputy ministers were sworn in at Tuynhuys yesterday by the new State President, Mr Marais Viljoen. The third new minister, Mr LAPA Munnik abroad and will take office next month. Ministers and deputy ministers present yesterday were (front row from left): Mr Braam Raubenheimer, Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry; Marais Steyn, Minister of Community Development, of Coloured Relations and of Indian Affairs; Senator Owen Horwood, Minister of Finance; Mr Hendrik Schoeman, Minister of Agriculture; Mr P.W. Botha, Prime Minister and Minister of Defence; the State President; Mr Fanie Botha, Minister of Manpower Utilization; Dr Schalk van der Merwe, Minister of Industries and of Trade and Consumer Affairs; Mr Chris Heunis, Minister of Transport; Mr Alwyn Schlebusch, Minister of the Interior and of Justice, and Mr Hennie Smit, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications. Standing from left are Mr Greyling Wentzel, Deputy Minister of Co-operation and Development; Mr Pen Kotze, Deputy Minister of the Interior and of Community Development; Mr Kobie Coetsee, Deputy Minister of Defence and of National Security; Dr Andries Treurnicht, Minister of Public Works, Statistics and Tourism, Mr Louis Le Grange, Minister of Police and of Prisons; Mr F.W. De Klerk, Minister of Mines and of Environmental Planning and Energy; Mr Punt Janson, Minister of National Education and of Sport and Recreation; Dr Ferdie Hartzenberg, Minister of Education and Training; Mr Sarel Hayward, Deputy Minister of Agriculture; Dr George Morrison, Deputy Minister of Co-operation and Development, and Mr Pietie du Plessis, Deputy Minister of Finance.
Identifier: islandora:15768

Title: Community meeting, Kuboes
Subject: Political participation--South Africa--Richtersveld, Civic leaders--South Africa--Richtersveld,
Description: Community meeting about land issues, at Kuboes.
Identifier: islandora:5158

Title: Nelson Mandela, Treason Trial, Pretoria, 1958
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, Political activists--South Africa--Pretoria, Apartheid--South Africa--Pretoria, Treason Trial, Pretoria, South Africa, 1956-1961
Description: On 13 October 1958, Moses Kotane and Nelson Mandela leave the Pretoria Court beaming with joy as the Crown had withdrawn their treason charges. However, on 19 January 1959, Nelson Mandela and 29 others were put on trial again, only to be found not-guilty two years later.
Identifier: islandora:7467

Title: Workshop participant
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, man, portrait, meeting, San, indigenous, San (African people)--Botswana--Ghanzi District--Politics and government, Ghanzi District (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:12132

Title: Members of Parliament sit for a photograph, Cape Town
Subject: South Africa. Parliament, Legislation, Governments, Politics, ,
Description: Parliamentary - Historical.
Identifier: islandora:15784

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

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