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Burial of Crossroads resident
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Subject
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squatter camps, townships, effects of political violence, mournersBurial--South Africa--Cape Town, Coffins, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town
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Description
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The burial of a resident of Crossroads informal settlement who was killed by 'witdoeke' (vigilantes).
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Identifier
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islandora:8382
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Title
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Nine years ' for pacifism
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Subject
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South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989--Caricatures and cartoons, Conscientious objectors--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
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Description
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Heavy penalties were imposed on conscientious objectors who refused to fight in the South African Defence Force. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
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Identifier
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islandora:6165
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Title
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KTC resident
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Subject
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squatter camps, townships, destruction, violence, gunsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Weapons, Vigilantes--South Africa--Cape Town
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Description
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Residents of KTC informal settlement fight 'witdoeke' (vigilantes).
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Identifier
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islandora:8371
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Title
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Oral history interview with Dr Partic de Goede [Part 2 of 2]
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Subject
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Oral history, Political activists--Interviews, Government, Resistance to
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Description
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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), Pin4.20b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 32:05 min. ; interview 20 of 52
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Identifier
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islandora:25865
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Title
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Street clashes, South Africa, 1991
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Subject
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Apartheid--South Africa--Sebokeng, Political violence--South Africa--Sebokeng, Weapons--South Africa--Sebokeng, Demonstrations--South Africa--Sebokeng, Children--South Africa--Sebokeng, Best of Marinovich
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Description
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A young boy brandishes a toy gun at police armoured vehicles as his friend spots another police vehicle coming up a side street, Sebokeng, 1991.
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Identifier
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islandora:1210
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Title
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Conscientious objectors protest, UCT
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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, Youths--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Conscientious objectors--South Africa,
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Description
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A sign reads, "Support objectors! STOP the call-up", at a demonstration to end military conscription in South Africa, central Cape Town., circa 1980s
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Identifier
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islandora:12635
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Title
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Delmas trial, Delmas, 1985
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Subject
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Trials (Treason), Valli, Mohammed, Apartheid, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
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Description
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Mohammed Valli, Transvaal secretary of the United Democratic Front (UDF), and other spectators peer into the courtroom at the start of the Delmas treason trial. Twenty-two UDF and other activists were charged with furthering the aims of the African National Congress (ANC) and with conspiring to overthrow the government.
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Identifier
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islandora:912
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Title
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Woman protests army occupation, Soweto, 1985
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Subject
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Military occupation, Women--Political activity, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
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Description
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A lone woman protests against the presence of troops in Soweto. Women played a significant role against the army's occupation of the townships. In Chesterville, a township near Durban, women patrolled the streets nightly to protect families from security force and vigilante harassment.
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Identifier
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islandora:909
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Title
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Right wing conservatives at election rally, Pretoria, South Africa
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Subject
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Political history--South Africa--Pretoria, Elections--South Africa--Pretoria, Apartheid--South Africa--Pretoria, Segregation--South Africa--Pretoria, Race discrimination--South Africa--Pretoria
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Description
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Right-wing conservatives rally for another all-white by-election, which increased pro-apartheid representation in the all-white Parliament, Pretoria, South Africa, February 1982.
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Identifier
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islandora:5331
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Title
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Exhumation, Vlakplaas, 1998
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Subject
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Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
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Description
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Tholakele Ngqulunga, during an exhumation at her husband's grave, Vlakplaas 1998.
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Identifier
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islandora:803
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Title
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Oral history interview with Lionel Louw [Part 1 of 2]
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Subject
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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, ,
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Description
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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., Por6.03a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 01:05:28 min. ; interview 3 of 6
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Identifier
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islandora:24451
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Title
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Women in defiance, Johannesburg, 1952
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Subject
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Johannesburg (South Africa)--Social conditions, Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Women political activists--South Africa--Johannesburg, Race discrimination--South Africa--Johannesburg, Women, Black--South Africa--Johannesburg
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Description
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Women of the African National Congress (ANC) in Johannesburg participating in the Defiance Campaign, 1952.
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Identifier
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islandora:7463
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Title
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Chicken co-operative
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Subject
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birds, political prisonersPolitical prisoners--Rehabilitation--South Africa, Chickens
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Description
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A chicken-farming co-operative established to provide employment for former political detainees.
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Identifier
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islandora:8423
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Carta de Moçambique
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Subject
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Mozambique--Administrative and political divisions--Maps, Mozambique--Maps, ,
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Description
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Map of Mozambique showing political and administrative boundaries, towns, rivers, cities, railway lines and telegraph links. Scale 1:3 000 000.
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Identifier
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islandora:30061
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Title
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Sisulu and wife on his release from prison, Soweto, 1989
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Subject
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Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political prisoners--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Sisulu, Walter Max, Kathrada, A. M. (Ahmad M.),
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Description
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Walter Sisulu with his wife, Albertina, and Ahmed Kathrada, amongst others, at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
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Identifier
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islandora:12596
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Nyae Nyae Farmers' Co-operative
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Subject
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Bushman, San, indigenous, Southern Africa, group, discussion, men, women, land rights, meeting, San (African people)--Namibia, San (African people)--Namibia--Politics and government, Indigenous peoples--Namibia, Cooperative societies meetings--Namibia, Agriculture, Cooperative--Namibia, Namibia
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Identifier
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islandora:12118
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Just as I thought. You appear to be suffering from a credibility gap
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Subject
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Malan, Magnus, 1930-2011--Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
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Announcements by Defence Minister Magnus Malan that our troops were not in Angola were met with scepticism while the media in the rest of the world were full of reports of their presence in that country. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
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Identifier
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islandora:6158
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Discussing removal
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Subject
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Bushman, Southern Africa, man, portrait, meeting, San, indigenous, imminent removal, land rights, San (African people)--Botswana--Ghanzi District--Politics and government, San (African people)--Relocation--Botswana--Ghanzi District, Ghanzi District (Botswana)
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Identifier
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islandora:12267
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DTA meeting
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Subject
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Bushman, Southern Africa, meeting, rally, politics, San, indigenous, crowd, politics, gathering, Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (Namibia), San (African people)--Namibia--Politics and government, Public meetings--Namibia, Gobabis District (Namibia)
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A crowd of people attending a DTA (Democratic Turnhalle Alliance) meeting on a farm. Gobabis District, Namibia.
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Identifier
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islandora:11843
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ANC refugees, South Africa, 1994
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Subject
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Apartheid--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, Refugees--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, History--Political aspects--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)--Social conditions, Best of Marinovich
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A family carry their belongings home after months in a refugee camp for African National Congress (ANC) supporting families from the Sonkombo area from which they had fled months earlier because of attacks by rival Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Sonkombo, KwaZulu-Natal, 1994.
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Identifier
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islandora:1199