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Title: Zubeida Jaffer and family, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Dinners and dining--South Africa, Kitchens--South Africa,
Description: Anti-apartheid activist, Zubeida Jaffer, sharing a meal with her family at their home in Wynberg, Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12628

Title: Lamp post situated at the House of Parliament, Cape Town
Subject: South Africa. Parliament, Governments, Legislation, Politics, Architecture, Light, ,
Description: Houses of Parliament, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15773

Title: Oral history interview with Essop Pahad [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Pahad, Essop
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), Pin4.41a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 01:12:08 min. ; interview 41 of 52
Identifier: islandora:29689

Title: Oral history interview with Lizo Ngqungwana [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Ngqungwana, Lizo
Description: This sub-collection of interviews with political activists includes themes such as African National Congress (ANC) party politics, ANC underground training in Angola and Soviet Union, Jabulani Nobleman 'Mzala' Nxumalo, 1980s schools boycotts and the United Democratic Front(UDF). Interviewees include Gertrude Fester, Joe Marks, Lizo Ngqugwana, and Ray Alexander., Pin6.09a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:40 min. ; interview 8 of 10
Identifier: islandora:19472

Title: UDF meeting, Pietermaritzburg, 1983
Subject: Gumede, Archie, Public meetings, Anti-apartheid movements, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: United Democratic Front (UDF) president, Archie Gumede (centre), leads the singing at the UDF's first public meeting in Pietermaritzburg.
Identifier: islandora:878

Title: Drawings on wall, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Art and politics--South Africa, Social conditions--South Africa, Urban areas--South Africa,
Description: Drawings of sad people holding hands on a public wall in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:1261

Title: Oral history interview with Mrs Thuisiers [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., Pin3.09b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 13:34 min. ; interview 9 of 11
Identifier: islandora:19411

Title: Father Pearson in church attacked by security police, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Priests--South Africa, Churches--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa,
Description: Father P.J. Pearson in a church hall in Cape Town, where the congregation were tear-gassed and attacked by police after the funerals of ANC (African National Congress) members, Robbie Waterwitch and Coline Williams., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12589

Title: Allan Boesak talks to school children, Cape Town
Subject: Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946-, Political activists, Apartheid era, School children--South Africa
Description: Allan Boesak addressing a group of school children
Identifier: islandora:14844

Title: Magnus Malan, Pretoria, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Malan, Magnus, 1930-2011, Truth and Lies,
Description: Magnus Malan, Pretoria, 1998.
Identifier: islandora:761

Title: Members of the senate follow the Usher of the Black Rod, Cape Town
Subject: South Africa. Parliament, Legislation, Governments, Politics, ,
Description: The President of the Senate, Senator C.A. Van Niekerk, on the way to report his election to the Governor-General, the Right. Honourable G. Brand Van Zyl, at Government House this morning (?). Leading the precession is Black Rod Mr J. du Toit followed by Senator Van Niekerk, Mr J.F. Knoll, Clerk of the Senate and Mr T. Wood, Clerk Assistant, and members of the senate.
Identifier: islandora:15782

Title: COSATU living wage choir, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Entertainers--South Africa,
Description: COSATU living wage choir entertaining the crowd at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12603

Title: Welcoming released detainees, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Women--South Africa, Political prisoners--South Africa, Muslim women--South Africa,
Description: Welcome home party for released detainees, amongst whom was Ashley Forbes, Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12631

Title: So what did you find at the end of your SA rainbow?
Subject: South Africa--Politics and government--1994- --Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa--Social conditions--1994- --Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: As time wore on the bright rainbow of the South African nation started to lose its splendour as it seemed there was little at the end of the rainbow for the poor. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6160

Title: Protest meeting, South Africa
Subject: Political demonstrations--South Africa, Labor disputes--South Africa,
Description: Men and women walking at a protest meeting in South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18464

Title: Treatment Plan Now
Subject: AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects--South Africa, Treatment Action Campaign, Social movements--South Africa
Description: People hold up placards at a Treatment Action Campaign Congress, calling for a treatment plan for the management of HIV/AIDS.
Identifier: islandora:1058

Title: Funeral speaker, Grahamstown, 1987
Subject: Funeral service, Political violence, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: A speaker at the funeral of four people murdered by drunken municipal policemen in Fingo Village township, Grahamstown, February 1987.
Identifier: islandora:899

Title: SASCO protest, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Student protesters--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Demonstrations--South Africa,
Description: South African Students Congress (SASCO) protest against apartheid. Sign reads, "Vlok!! You've struck a rock and will be crushed by it!!" Another reads, "Vote ANC for people's power!", circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12655

Title: Community meeting in Kamassies
Subject: Political participation--South Africa--Namaqualand,
Description: Community meeting about land issues in Kamassies, Namaqualand, Northern Cape.
Identifier: islandora:5286

Title: ANC Youth march, East Rand, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa-- Brakpan, Demonstrations--South Africa-- Brakpan, Political activists--South Africa--Brakpan, Youth--South Africa-- Brakpan
Description: ANC (African National Congress) Youth Congress march for democracy, Tsakane township, 1990.
Identifier: islandora:1448

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