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Title
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Jeppe's map of the Transvaal or S.A. Republic and surrounding territories
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Subject
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Transvaal (South Africa) -- Maps., Pretoria (South Africa) -- Maps., Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Maps.
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Description
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Map shows towns, farm boundaries, farm names, farm registration numbers, farms under the jurisdiction of Mining Commissioners, roads, railways, postal routes, custom houses, postal and telegraph information, proclaimed gold fields, mynpachten, kraals and "locations", mountains and rivers. The map also shows portions of the Orange Free State, the Cape Colony, Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], Zululand, Tongaland, the British Protectorate [Botswana] and Portuguese territory [Mozambique]., Relief shown by shading., "The compilers are greatly indebted to Johann Rissik Esq. Surveyor General of the S.A.R. for much valuable information and advice.", "The Freestate portion of the map is reduced from Herfst's map of the O.Freestate. Swaziland is compiled from actual surveys and Miller's map.", Photographic reproduction of the map published: London : Edward Stanford Ltd., 1899., Bar scale of main map in English statute miles., Inset maps include: 'Plan of Johannesburg and surrounding suburbs and townships reduced from "Pritchard's commercial map of J'hburg"' and 'Plan of Pretoria suburbs and surrounding grounds, reduced from original plan compiled in the Surveyor General's Office, Pretoria, S.A.R.' Scale [ca. 1:9 446]. Bar scales in Cape feet., To be used in conjunction with Jeppe's map: Hugh F. Marriot's Alphabetical index to the farms of the Transvaal.
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Identifier
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islandora:19797
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Title
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Kamassies
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Subject
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Namaqualand (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Donkeys--South Africa--Namaqualand,
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Description
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Donkeys harnessed together for water collection.
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Identifier
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islandora:5099
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Title
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Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)
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Subject
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right-wing organisations, militarisation, military trainingRight-wing extremists--South Africa, Military training camps--South Africa
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Description
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Training camp run by the Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging (AWB).
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Identifier
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islandora:8124
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Title
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Farm worker on tractor
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Subject
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Bushman, Southern Africa, harvester, man, bushveld, San, indigenous, Tractor driving--Namibia, Farm tractors--Namibia, Gobabis District (Namibia)
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Description
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A man drives a tractor, clearing the field for farming. Gobabis, Namibia.
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Identifier
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islandora:11928
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Title
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Report on a cave site with rock paintings.
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Subject
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South Africa--Antiquities, Rock paintings--South Africa, ,
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Description
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Report on a cave site with rock paintings ostrich egg shells, Western Cape, South Africa. The rock paintings are of human and animal figures.
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Identifier
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islandora:22092
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Title
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Tony Weaver on a Bushman trail
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Subject
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Bushman, San, indigenous, Southern Africa, donkey, bushveld, travel, walk, tree, San (African people)--Botswana--Ghanzi District, Indigenous peoples--Botswana--Ghanzi District, Heritage tourism--Botswana--Ghanzi District, Game reserves--Botswana--Ghanzi District, Weaver, Tony, Ghanzi District (Botswana)
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Identifier
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islandora:12175
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Title
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Chris McGregor conducting the Castle Lager Big Band, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Subject
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Musicians--South Africa, Jazz musicians--South Africa, Saxophonists--South Africa, Trumpet players--South Africa, Jazz bands--South Africa, McGregor, Chris, 1936-1990, Castle Lager Big Band
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Description
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Chris McGregor conducts the Castle Lager Big Band at the Cold Castle Jazz Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Identifier
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islandora:18174
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Title
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Basil Coetzee and Abdullah Ibrahim practicing before a live performance, Cape Town, South Africa
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Subject
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Musicians, Black--South Africa, Jazz musicians--South Africa, Pianists--South Africa, Ibrahim, Abdullah, 1934-, Coetzee, Basil
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Description
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Basil Coetzee (left) and Abdullah Ibrahim practice before a live performance in Strandfontein, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Identifier
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islandora:18254
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Title
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Dongu
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Subject
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Bushman, Southern Africa, woman, dance, child, San, indigenous, bowl, grass, girl, instrument, dress, San (African people)--Namibia--Music, Mbira--Namibia, Music and dance--Namibia, Namibia
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Description
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A young girl plays the dongu (thumb piano) while her mother dances. //Auru, Namibia.
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Identifier
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islandora:11986
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Title
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ANC rally for released political prisoners, Soweto, 1990
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Subject
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Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa,
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Description
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Thousands of supporters attend an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, in Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
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Identifier
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islandora:12592
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Title
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Dingaan
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Subject
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Botany--South Africa--Kwazulu-Natal, Botany--Drakensberg Mountains, ,
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Description
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Dingaan
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Identifier
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islandora:8625
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Title
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Report on a rock face with rock paintings.
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Subject
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South Africa--Antiquities, Rock paintings--South Africa, ,
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Description
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Report on a rock face with rock paintings at the Withoogte Outlook, Western Cape, South Africa. The rock paintings are of humans and a buck.
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Identifier
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islandora:21942
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Title
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Dibe Sesana
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Subject
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Bushman, Southern Africa, San, indigenous, portrait, woman, Sesana, Dibe, San (African people)--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Central Kalahari Game Reserve (Botswana)
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Identifier
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islandora:12385
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Title
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New Residence for J.D. Fitzgerald Trust, Somerset West
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Subject
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Dwellings -- Landscape architecture--South Africa--Somerset West--Designs and plans,
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Description
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House Fitzgerald, Erinvale, Somerset West, Western Cape. Preliminary landscape sketch-plan., CAD base plan, printed onto tracing paper, with original hand-drawn ink detail, texture, labelling and hatching., Plan: scale 1:100
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Identifier
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islandora:22686
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Title
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San elder, Xade
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Subject
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Bushman, Southern Africa, San, indigenous, elder, talking, land rights, San (African people)--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Rural elderly--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Central Kalahari Game Reserve (Botswana)
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Identifier
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islandora:12294