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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: Frances Baard at UDF launch, Cape Town, 1983
Subject: Women political activists, Public meetings, Anti-apartheid movements, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Frances Baard, a former president of the African National Congress's Women's League (ANCWL), salutes the crowd gathered to launch the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town. The UDF drew together over 600 democratically-based community, student, trade union, women's, and church organisations and was the major legal oppositional force until the government severely curtailed its activities in 1988.
Identifier: islandora:889

Title: Winnie Mandela talks to Oscar Mpetha, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists, Mpetha, Oscar
Description: Veteran Honoured: Winnie Mandela wishes struggle veteran Oscar Mpetha a peaceful Christmas during a visit to his Guguletu home yesterday before speaking at an Umkhonto we Sizwe rally in Stellenbosch
Identifier: islandora:14745

Title: Winnie Mandela leaves the airport, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists
Description: Mrs Winnie Mandela leaves DF Malan airport today on her way to visit her husband, Nelson
Identifier: islandora:14709

Title: Deserted football field in Maitland, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Soccer, Recreation areas, ,
Description: The limp goalposts on the football field, residents say, tell a story of despondency - 23 years in the shadow of the Group Areas Act has taken its toll of soccer, once the most popular sport in the area.
Identifier: islandora:15196

Title: Desmond Tutu, Cape Town, 2000
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Tutu, Desmond, Truth and Lies,
Description: Desmond Tutu, formerly Archbishop, at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) headquarters, Cape Town, South Africa, 2000.
Identifier: islandora:795

Title: Breyten Breytenbach and his family, Cape Town
Subject: Breytenbach, Breyten, Anti-apartheid activists, Political activists, Apartheid era, Families--South Africa
Description: Breyten Breytenbach with family at Cape Town docks
Identifier: islandora:14847

Title: Young newspaper vendor, Cape Town
Subject: Child labor--South Africa, Poor children--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Newspaper vendors--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: A child newspaper vendor stands barefoot, ready to begin the day's work before sunrise.
Identifier: islandora:5726

Title: Winnie Mandela speaks to Omar Dullah, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Omar, Dullah, Politicians--South Africa, Post-apartheid era
Description: Controversial: Mrs Winnie Mandela, in the centre of controversy over her West African trip and the police investigations against her. Dullah Omar and Winnie Mandela.
Identifier: islandora:14750

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: Nelson Mandela sits next to his wife and waves to supporters, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists
Description: Nelson and Winnie Mandela
Identifier: islandora:14410

Title: Winnie Mandela outside the hospital after seeing her husband, Nelson Mandela, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists
Description: Winnie Mandela smiles broadly after seeing her husband in hospital this morning amid speculation that he may be freed by Pretoria.
Identifier: islandora:14402

Title: Dr. Jan Dommisse waves to his supporters, Cape Town
Subject: Dommisse, Jan, Politicians--South Africa, Apartheid era, Elections
Description: Victorious Dr. Jan Dommisse (left) who held Sea Point for the United Party in spite of determined efforts from the Progressive Party, waves to supporters after his win by 974 votes had been announced.
Identifier: islandora:14683

Title: People give the thumbs up sign, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Discrimination, ,
Description: Passive resisters - Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15801

Title: Young pallbearers, Cape Town, 1985
Subject: Funeral service, Pallbearers, Police shootings, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Young pallbearers, in school uniforms, stand at solemn attention at the funeral of three boys killed in the "Trojan Horse incident", when police, armed with pump-action shotguns and hiding in the back of a van, opened fire on a crowd in a residential street in Athlone, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:902

Title: Three African leaders looking at documents, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, Politics, ,
Description: First of the African homeland leaders who arrived in Cape town today before their meeting with the Prime Minister, Mr B.J. Vorster, in Cape Town tomorrow were (from left) Chief Wessel Mota of Qwa Qwa, Chief Gatsha Buthelezi of KwaZulu, and Chief Patrick Mphephu of Vendaland.
Identifier: islandora:15529

Title: Winnie Mandela and family, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Political prisoners--South Africa,
Description: Winnie Mandela and family with Dullah Omar (lawyer) during a Christmas visit to see Nelson Mandela at Victor Verster prison in Paarl, Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12638

Title: Breyten Breytenbach at the University of the Western Cape , Cape Town
Subject: Breytenbach, Breyten, Anti-apartheid activists, Political activists, Apartheid era, Students
Description: Breyten Breytenbach, the Paris-based Afrikaner poet, addressing students and academics at the University of the Western Cape last night.
Identifier: islandora:14848

Title: Plastic shelter, Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Temporary housing--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Forced migration--South Africa, Eviction--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: A bed stands outside a plastic shelter erected after a mass demolition of homes, circa 1980.
Identifier: islandora:5715

Title: Pregnant woman stand holding her two kids hands, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Discrimination, ,
Description: Heavily pregnant: Mrs Nomaliso Mthensi appeared in the Langa Commissioners Court yesterday with her two children clinging to her skirts. Here, she leaves the court after paying a fine of R70 for Pass Law offences.
Identifier: islandora:15796

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