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Title: Albertina Mzimela and Ngoni Siza, KwaZulu-Natal, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Albertina Mzimela and Ngoni Siza, KwaZulu-Natal, 1998. Albertina and Ngoni were present at a family party in 1994 when Inkatha impi warriors burst into the house and opened fire. Four male relatives were killed.
Identifier: islandora:774

Title: Anti-conscription protest, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Youths--South Africa, Conscientious objectors--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa,
Description: Conscientious objectors protesting for the release of imprisoned objectors, including David Bruce, Charles Bester and Saul Batzofin. Protesters' T-shirts read, "I refuse to serve in the SADF (South African Defense Force)". Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12661

Title: Winnie being interviewed by the media, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists, Press conferences
Description: Mrs Winnie Mandela being interviewed at DF Malan airport after first family visit in 24 years to jailed ANC [African National Congress] leader
Identifier: islandora:14391

Title: Family sits outside their house in Ocean View, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Communities, Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Forced removals (South Africa), , ,
Description: Ocean View.
Identifier: islandora:15609

Title: Commemoration meeting, Merebank
Subject: Memorials--South Africa, Public meetings'South Africa, Political history--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Participants gesture with raised fists at a commemoration meeting in Merebank for African National Congress (ANC) members killed in a South African military raid into Maputo.
Identifier: islandora:5731

Title: Forced removals, Kammaskraal
Subject: Rural poor--South Africa, Forced migration--South Africa, Eviction--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: A family wait alongside their dismantled house for collection by a government truck.
Identifier: islandora:5754

Title: Oral history interview with Mr September [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Interviews, Civil rights movements--South Africa, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Colored people (South Africa)--Political activity, South Africa--Politics and government--1909-1948
Description: The interviews in this collection cover a wide range of topics linked to coloured identity, political organisations and activities in South Africa during the 1940s and post-1948 era. It includes information on protest actions, the defiance campaign, the torch commando, boycotts and train resistance efforts following the 1948 National Party election. Themes include the Anti-Coloured Affairs Department movement (Anti-CAD), civic organisations, education and welfare, the introduction of the Group Areas Act, political parties, race and class issues, the removal of coloured men from the national voters roll in 1956 and the Unity Movement., Pin3.08b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 10:17 min. ; interview 8 of 11
Identifier: islandora:19421

Title: Anti-apartheid demonstration, London, 1971
Subject: Demonstrations--Trafalgar Square (London, England), Anti-apartheid activists--Trafalgar Square (London, England), History--Political aspects--South Africa, History--Political aspects--Trafalgar Square (London, England), Winer Batch01
Description: Anti-apartheid demonstration, Trafalgar Square, London, 1971.
Identifier: islandora:281

Title: Zulu hostel, South Africa, 1992
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Soweto, Political violence--South Africa--Soweto, Soweto (South Africa)--Social conditions, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Soweto, Weapons--South Africa--Soweto, Best of Marinovich
Description: Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters show off weapons in a shebeen in Dobsonville hostel, while police search for weapons outside, Soweto, 1992. Thousands of people, both civilians and combatants, died in the so-called "Hostel War" that lasted from 1989-1995.
Identifier: islandora:1190

Title: Oral history interview with Mr. and Mrs Cupido [Part 4 of 4]
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 Windermere/Kensington in the Western Cape focuses on the coloured residents of the area and examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: discriminatory laws, government policy, housing, racialised spaces and the smuggling of alcohol by residents and shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold)., Pin9.04b.mp3: Part 4 of 4 ; 15:16 min. ; interview 4 of 15
Identifier: islandora:29630

Title: Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) police officer lecturing children, Pretoria, South Africa, 1986
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging, Some evidence of things seen
Description: AWB leadership conference, Wag-n-Bietjie, Hartbeespoortdam, Pretoria, 1986. A police officer with his uniform decorated with the AWB insignia reminiscent of a swastika, lectured youngsters about their duty to their ancestors, their 'volk' (people), their language and their God, in order to remain pure Afrikaners
Identifier: islandora:922

Title: Forced removals, Kammaskraal
Subject: Rural poor--South Africa, Forced migration--South Africa, Eviction--South Africa, Women--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Women and children wait to board a government truck.
Identifier: islandora:5758

Title: UDF meeting, Cape Town
Subject: Public meetings--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946-, Political history--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Dr. Allan Boesak and Mrs. Helen Joseph at a United Democractic Front (UDF) meeting, Cape Town, 1984.
Identifier: islandora:5741

Title: FEDTRAW protest, Gauteng, circa 1985
Subject: Woman political activists, Anti-apartheid activists, Demonstrations, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: A woman from the Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) carries a picket stating, "Freedom Justice and Peace NOW!" Popular protest was severely restricted, and members of FEDTRAW were charged with sedition and subversion, and held in detention without trial, as the government worked to immobilise and disrupt opposition to apartheid.
Identifier: islandora:915

Title: Vegetable garden group, Mpukonyoni
Subject: Subsistence farming--South Africa, Agricultural workers--South Africa, Women farmers--South Africa, Women--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Women from a vegetable garden group attend a meeting in the fertile area of Mpukonyoni, in Reserve Four, KwaZulu reserve.
Identifier: islandora:5763

Title: Allan Boesak and Desmond Tutu, Cape Town
Subject: Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946-, Tutu, Desmond, Demonstrations, Political activists, Apartheid era
Description: Allan Boesak and Desmond Tutu address a demonstration in Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:14841

Title: Brother and sister, Kewtown, South Africa, 1979
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: A brother and sister at their home in Kewtown, Cape Town, 1979
Identifier: islandora:943

Title: Winnie Mandela speaks to the media after visiting her husband in prison , Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists
Description: Mrs Winnie Mandela being interviewed at DF Malan airport after first family visit in 24 years to jailed ANC [African National Congress] leader
Identifier: islandora:14408

Title: Mrs Botha and Mrs Tshabalala, Soweto, 1984
Subject: Local government, Politicians' spouses, Botha, Elize, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Mrs Elize Botha, then wife of the state president, and Mrs Tshabalala, then wife of the mayor of Soweto, leave the town council building in August 1984 after then President and Mrs Botha were granted "the freedom of the township" in a ceremony derived from an old British tradition.
Identifier: islandora:884

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

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