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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: Quack Quack ... President Mbeki's chief adviser on medical matters
Subject: South Africa--Politics and government--1994- --Caricatures and cartoons, AIDS (Disease)--Government policy--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: President Mbeki's denialist position on HIV/AIDS and his dependence on the quack opinions of his panel of his AIDS advisers baffled medical experts and confused the public. The duck quacking away inanely became a useful adjunct in many of my cartoons on this subject. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6125

Title: Captain Johannes 'Hans' Gerard Adolf Diergaard vacates his office after serving in the cabinet of the interim government
Subject: Namibia --Politics and government --1946-1990
Description: Captain Johannes 'Hans' Gerard Adolf Diergaard vacates his office after serving as Minister of Agriculture and Nature Conservation in the cabinet of the interim government.
Identifier: islandora:6960

Title: Tuynhuys, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Public buildings, Politics, Residential buildings, Government
Description: Government House dining-room: state banquet.
Identifier: islandora:17207

Title: Members of the Inkatha Freedom Party Western Cape committee, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, Memorials, Demonstrations
Description: Members of the Inkatha Freedom Party Western Cape committee hold a memorial service outside Parliament to mark the first anniversary of the Shell House shootings.
Identifier: islandora:18080

Title: PAC supporters salute at a protest, Cape Town
Subject: Pan Africanist Congress, Politics, Demonstrations, Pan Africanist Congress. Student Organisation, ,
Description: Pan African Congress (PAC) supporters salute at a protest, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15680

Title: Oral history interview with Abraham Mzizi, a survivor of the Kwamadala Hostel massacre
Subject: Oral history, Boipatong (South Africa)--History, Violence--South Africa--Boipatong, South Africa--Politics and government--1989-1994, , ,
Description: In 1992 the Boipatong massacre was allegedly launched from the Kwamadala Hostel. Forty-five people were killed and twenty-two severely injured. The township of Boipatong was established in 1955 to house workers from nearby industries in the Vaal Triangle and the Kwamadala Hostel lies across the highway from this township. This area experienced high political tension in the early 1990s between supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) and of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). The interviews in this collection focus on memories of the 1992 Kwamadala Hostel dwellers' massacre in the Boipatong. Themes include: the the political factions involved such as the ANC and the IFP and the history of political tensions between the two factions; the events building up to the massacre; police collusion; and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)., Pol1.03.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 01:17:23 min. ; interview 3 of 5
Identifier: islandora:24438

Title: Pan African Congress (PAC) supporters, Cape Town
Subject: Pan Africanist Congress, Politics, Azanian People's Liberation Army, Demonstrations, ,
Description: Sticking to their guns: Azania People's Liberation Army (APLA) cadres on the march at yesterday's Gugulethu rally.
Identifier: islandora:15681

Title: Residence, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments, Architecture, Residential buildings
Description: A residence on Robben Island, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16513

Title: Oral history interview with Otillie Abrahams [Part 3 of 7]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- Namibia--Interviews, Namibia--Politics and government, Government, resistance to--Namibia, Abrahams, Otillie
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), Pin4.02a.mp3: Part 3 of 7 ; 48:22 min. ; interview 2 of 52
Identifier: islandora:25841

Title: Petrus Vaalbooi addressing a meeting
Subject: Bushman, San, indigenous, Southern Africa, community, gathering, meeting, speaker, Vaalbooi, Petrus, Khomani (African people)--Claims, Khomani (African people)--Relocation--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape--Claims, San (African people)--Relocation--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape--Politics and government, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12120

Title: Look to the rock from which you have been hewn!
Subject: African National Congress--Caricatures and cartoons, Tutu, Desmond--Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa--Politics and government--1994- Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: The ANC losing its moral direction, was sharply reminded of its erstwhile principles by Archbishop Tutu
Identifier: islandora:6116

Title: Members of Parliament sit for a photograph, Cape Town
Subject: South Africa. Parliament, Legislation, Governments, Politics, ,
Description: Parliamentary - Historical.
Identifier: islandora:15784

Title: Rabbi Israel Abrahams hands "Prayer for the Republic of South Africa" to Mr Klopper, Cape Town
Subject: Rabbis--South Africa, Religious leaders, Jewish scholars, Politics
Description: Chief Rabbi I. Abrahams (centre) handed an illuminated "Prayer for the Republic of South Africa" , in Afrikaans , Hebrew and English, to the Speaker, Mr. H.J. Klopper, at the Houses of Parliament yesterday. With them is Mr. Eli Shannon, a leading member of the Cape Town congregation. The prayer, composed by Professor Abrahams, was presented at the Speaker's request and will hang in his room at Parliament.
Identifier: islandora:14693

Title: Workshop participant
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, man, portrait, meeting, San, indigenous, San (African people)--Botswana--Ghanzi District--Politics and government, Ghanzi District (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:12132

Title: Community meeting, Kuboes
Subject: Political participation--South Africa--Richtersveld, Civic leaders--South Africa--Richtersveld,
Description: Community meeting about land issues, at Kuboes.
Identifier: islandora:5158

Title: Petitioning to release prisoners, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Politics
Description: Petitioning to release prisoners, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17882

Title: June 16th protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Politics, Youth
Description: June 16th protest, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17871

Title: ANC rally, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, Demonstrations, African National Congress, Liberation, Political prisoners
Description: Some of the more than 20 000 people who braved the cold and wind to catch a glimpse of the African National Congress (ANC) leaders at a rally shortly after Nelson Mandela's release from prison.
Identifier: islandora:15913

Title: Samora Machel's funeral
Subject: political officials, ministersPoliticians--Mozambique, Burial--Mozambique
Description: Mozambican Minister of Foreign Affairs, Joaquim Chissano and FRELIMO founding member, Marcelino dos Santos, at the funeral of 17 government officials who were killed in a plane crash which happened under suspicious circumstances.
Identifier: islandora:8395

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