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Title: Oral history interview with Cadoc (Tsolo) Kobus [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Non-European Unity Movement, Government, Resistance to--South Africa
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), Pin4.27b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 31:59 min. ; interview 27 of 52
Identifier: islandora:25879

Title: [Map of the Union of South Africa. Sheet 2 of 4]
Subject: South Africa--Maps, Swaziland--Maps, Botswana--Maps, , ,
Description: Map showing the Transvaal Province of the Union of South Africa, part of the Orange Free State Province, Swaziland, part of the Bechuanaland Protectorate and the borders with Rhodesia and Mozambique, with district boundaries, cities, towns and villages, roads, railways, rivers, native reserves and locations, crown reserves, lakes, mines, mountains and hills. Some colour. No scale given.
Identifier: islandora:19327

Title: Oral history interview with Moses Molelekwa [Part 1 of 2]
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 Langa in the Western Cape examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: African traditional beer (umqombothi), anti-government protests, discriminatory laws, the Eastern Cape, government beer halls, government policy with respect to alcohol, hostels, housing, migrant labour, racialised spaces, the 1976 riots, shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold) and the smuggling of alcohol by residents., Pin7.08a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:44 min. ; interview 8 of 16
Identifier: islandora:22551

Title: Oral history interview with Welby Lutshaba [Part 1 of 2]
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 Langa in the Western Cape examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: African traditional beer (umqombothi), anti-government protests, discriminatory laws, the Eastern Cape, government beer halls, government policy with respect to alcohol, hostels, housing, migrant labour, racialised spaces, the 1976 riots, shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold) and the smuggling of alcohol by residents., Pin8.03a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 30:10 min. ; interview 3 of 17
Identifier: islandora:22571

Title: Oral history interview with Nicholas Henwood [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, United Democratic Front (South Africa), Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Interviews, Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government, ,
Description: The United Democratic Front (UDF) was established as a non-racial, anti-apartheid coalition in 1983. The interviews in this collection deal with the formation and impact of the UDF in the Western Cape in the 1980s. Key figures involved with the UDF are interviewed, including Cheryl Carolus, Lionel Louw, Sydney Luckett and Phyllis Orner. Themes include: community based organisations affiliated to the UDF; the effects of apartheid; religious affiliation; role of the UDF in the community; trade unions. These interviews originate from research conducted for the Albert Luthuli Young Historians Award 2008., Por6.02a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 53:20 min. ; interview 2 of 6
Identifier: islandora:24449

Title: Oral history interview with Fikile (Fiks) Bam [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Judges-- South Africa--Interviews, Political activists--South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, Bam, Fikile
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), Pin4.11b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 44:32 min. ; interview 11 of 52
Identifier: islandora:25818

Title: Oral history interview with Gathu Motsweni [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa
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., Pin6.07a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:88 min. ; interview 6 of 10
Identifier: islandora:22669

Title: District Map of Tsomo, Transkei. Sheet no. 2
Subject: Transkei (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, Homelands (South Africa)--Maps, ,
Description: Map of Tsomo, Transkei, showing locations of Mfula, Mbulu, Gaba, Xolobe and Lutuli, location boundaries, building lots and plans, forests, trading stations, rivers, and roads. Relief shown by mountain peaks. Scale 300 Cape Roods = 1 Eng. Inch.
Identifier: islandora:30054

Title: Plan No. 2, Plan of reservoir and arable land, Rooiberg Pan, Kenhardt
Subject: Reservoirs--South Africa--Kenhardt--Maps, Land capability for agriculture--South Africa--Kenhardt--Maps,
Description: Map showing land along the Hartebeeste River to the village of Kenhardt, including a plan for a reservoir, 1400 acres of arable land, lines of furrows, two roads, a cattle post and relief shown by shading. Colour. Scale 2 inches to 1 mile.
Identifier: islandora:29813

Title: Oral history interview with Regina Seleka [Part 1 of 2]
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 Langa in the Western Cape examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: African traditional beer (umqombothi), anti-government protests, discriminatory laws, the Eastern Cape, government beer halls, government policy with respect to alcohol, hostels, housing, migrant labour, racialised spaces, the 1976 riots, shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold) and the smuggling of alcohol by residents., Pin8.13a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:49 min. ; interview 13 of 17
Identifier: islandora:29661

Title: Oral history interview with Achmad Cassiem, a political activist and prisoner on Robben Island [Part 2 of 2]
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., Pin13.01b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 01:03:32 min. ; interview 1 of 5
Identifier: islandora:19439

Title: Map of the District of Umzimkulu, sheet no. 2
Subject: Umzimkhulu (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps, Surveying--South Africa, Land use--South Africa--Umzimkhulu (KwaZulu-Natal),
Description: Map of the District of Umzimkulu showing Indowana, with district boundaries, rivers, main and ordinary roads, forest reserves, location reserves, names of mountains and plots of land. Scale 1 English mile to 1 inch.
Identifier: islandora:30003

Title: Oral history interview with Nomangesi Mbobosi and Celeste Roberts [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Women political activists--South Africa--Interviews, Pressure groups--South Africa--History, Boycotts--South Africa, Crossroads (South Africa)--History,
Description: Crossroads is an informal settlement on the outskirts of Cape Town. It was originally established in 1975 and by the 1980s had a population of over 100 000 people. This discussion covers the political organisation and activism of women in the Crossroads squatter camp. Themes include: anti-pass campaigns, central role of militant women in resistance against government, corruption and hierarchy, the Crossroads Women Committee, demolitions, forced removals, gender in relation to power, social issues, specifically land, housing and labour issues, rent boycotts and schooling., Por7.01b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 49:09 min. ; interview 1 of 1
Identifier: islandora:24460

Title: Oral history interview with Thembani Dyule [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Gun Free South Africa (Organization), Gun control--South Africa
Description: Gun Free South Africa is an advocacy group formed in 1994 with the aim of building a safer country through the reduction of firearms in society. In association with "Gun Free South Africa", the interviewer focuses on youth activists and young members of the community sharing their experiences of gun violence and opinions on gun control. Themes include: biographical information; civic organisations; community involvement; crime and organisational affiliations., Por1.04b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 14:49 min. ; interview 4 of 6
Identifier: islandora:24642

Title: Oral history interview with Wes Siyaka [Part 1 of 2]
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 Langa in the Western Cape examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: African traditional beer (umqombothi), anti-government protests, discriminatory laws, the Eastern Cape, government beer halls, government policy with respect to alcohol, hostels, housing, migrant labour, racialised spaces, the 1976 riots, shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold) and the smuggling of alcohol by residents., Pin7.13a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 29:38 min. ; interview 13 of 16
Identifier: islandora:22555

Title: Oral history interview with Donovan Roebert [Part 2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Tibet Autonomous Region (China), Tibet Society of South Africa
Description: After the Chinese Civil War, China incorporated Tibet into mainland China in 1950. This affirmed Chinese sovereignty over the region, but granted it autonomy. The 14th Dalai Lama repudiated this agreement and established a rival government in exile. This project uses the poetry and politics of pro-Tibet activists in South Africa to explore the styles and temporal modes through their narratives. Themes include: Buddhism; generating compassion; key figures; Office of Tibet; political consciousness; religious experiences; religious teachers; Tibet Society of South Africa., Pin12.02b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ;01:13:46 min.; interview 2 of 2
Identifier: islandora:19431

Title: Oral history interview with Joseph Stoto Zibi [Part 1 of 2]
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 Langa in the Western Cape examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: African traditional beer (umqombothi), anti-government protests, discriminatory laws, the Eastern Cape, government beer halls, government policy with respect to alcohol, hostels, housing, migrant labour, racialised spaces, the 1976 riots, shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold) and the smuggling of alcohol by residents., Pin7.16a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:16 min. ; interview 16 of 16
Identifier: islandora:22561

Title: Oral history interview with Miriam Siyaka [Part 1 of 2]
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 Langa in the Western Cape examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: African traditional beer (umqombothi), anti-government protests, discriminatory laws, the Eastern Cape, government beer halls, government policy with respect to alcohol, hostels, housing, migrant labour, racialised spaces, the 1976 riots, shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold) and the smuggling of alcohol by residents., Pin7.12a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:49 min. ; interview 12 of 16
Identifier: islandora:22557

Title: P. patula and natural vegetation on northern slopes of Wostijn No. 2: -29.05, 29.40
Subject: Botany--South Africa, Plants--South Africa, ,
Identifier: islandora:9567

Title: Oral history interview with Hazel Solomon, a survivor of the St. James Church massacre [Part 2 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, St. James Church (Kenilworth, South Africa), Forgiveness--South Africa, Reconciliation, ,
Description: On the 25th July 1993, four operatives of the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA), the armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) attacked St James Church in Kenilworth, Cape Town, during a Sunday evening service. Approximately one hundred congregants were inside the Church. During the attack, the congregants were fired on with automatic weapons and two hand grenades were thrown into the Church. Eleven members of the congregation died and fifty-eight were injured. This research explores the intra- and inter-personal tensions within the testimonies of survivors on the process of forgiveness and reconciliation. Themes include: the amnesty application by the APLA cadets to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC); personal responses to trauma; memories of the event; Christian beliefs in context of personal trauma; congregational mapping; political violence and the public and personal processes of forgiveness., Pol2.04a.mp3: Part 2 of 3 ; 01:00:44 min. ; interview 4 of 6
Identifier: islandora:22641

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