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Title: Burial of Crossroads resident
Subject: 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
Description: The burial of a resident of Crossroads informal settlement who was killed by 'witdoeke' (vigilantes).
Identifier: islandora:8382

Title: ANC election campaign rally, Athlone, Cape Town
Subject: Advertising, Political--South Africa--Cape TownPolitical campaigns--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: A giant balloon, with the words "ANC, a better life for all", flies over an African National Congress (ANC) election campaign rally.
Identifier: islandora:5300

Title: KTC resident
Subject: squatter camps, townships, destruction, violence, gunsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Weapons, Vigilantes--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Residents of KTC informal settlement fight 'witdoeke' (vigilantes).
Identifier: islandora:8371

Title: Salvaging remains
Subject: squatter camps, townships, destruction, salvaging materials, ruinsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Women, Children
Description: A resident salvages material from an informal settlement raided by 'witdoeke' (vigilantes).
Identifier: islandora:8437

Title: Women protest against violence
Subject: Women, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Women from Crossroads informal settlement protest outside parliament.
Identifier: islandora:8372

Title: ANC election campaign rally, Athlone
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, Advertising, Political--South Africa--Cape TownPolitical campaigns--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: Nelson Mandela addresses an African National Congress (ANC) election campaign rally in Athlone Stadium. The words "Mandela for president" and "ANC, a better life for all" are visible on posters and on an airship, or blimp.
Identifier: islandora:5323

Title: Residents search for belongings
Subject: squatter camps, townships, destruction, salvaging materialsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Women, Children
Description: A mother and child search for their belongings after their house was burnt down by 'witdoeke' (vigilantes).
Identifier: islandora:8435

Title: Student protest, UCT
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Student protesters--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Demonstrations--South Africa, University of Cape Town,
Description: Students and staff march on Jammie stairs in protest against apartheid at the University of Cape Town (UCT)., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12629

Title: Desmond Tutu and Allan Boesak, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Religious leaders--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Tutu, Desmond, Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946-, St. George's Cathedral (Cape Town, South Africa),
Description: Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Allan Boesak and others at a church service in St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12652

Title: ANC election campaign, Mitchell's Plain
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946-Political campaigns--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: Nelson Mandela addresses an African National Congress (ANC) election campaign rally in Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town. Allan Boesak is on his left.
Identifier: islandora:5327

Title: Media being arrested by apartheid police, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Press--South Africa--Cape Town, Demonstrations--South Africa--Cape Town, Political history--South Africa--Cape Town, Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Cameraman Craig Matthews and his soundman, who were filming anti-apartheid protests in Cape Town, are arrested by police with orders to prevent media coverage of the unrest, October 1985, Cape Town, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:5340

Title: ANC election campaign rally, Athlone
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, Political campaigns--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: Nelson Mandela addresses an African National Congress (ANC) election campaign rally in a packed Athlone Stadium. Mr Mandela is seen from the rear against the backdrop of the crowd.
Identifier: islandora:5324

Title: Dockworkers march, Cape Town
Subject: Demonstrations--South Africa--Cape Town, Political participation--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: Dockworkers stage a protest in Cape Town in the 1980's.
Identifier: islandora:5197

Title: Red Cross aid
Subject: squatter camps, townships, relief workSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Medical personnel--South Africa
Description: Red Cross workers help children during a violent episode at Crossroads informal settlement.
Identifier: islandora:8368

Title: Police caspir patrol in Guguletu, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Squatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Armored vehicles, Military--South Africa--Cape Town, Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Police patrol--South Africa--Cape Town, Political history--South Africa--Cape Town, Demonstrations--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: A police caspir patrols Guguletu township outside Cape Town as South Africans rioted against apartheid and the imprisonment of their political leaders, August 1985.
Identifier: islandora:5336

Title: Unrest victim
Subject: squatter camps, townships, effects of political violenceBurial--South Africa--Cape Town, Coffins, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Funeral of a victim of violence.
Identifier: islandora:8379

Title: Police teargas a funeral
Subject: squatter camps, townships, effects of political violence, pallbearersBurial--South Africa--Cape Town, Coffins, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Police teargas a crowd attending a funeral in Crossroads informal settlement.
Identifier: islandora:8381

Title: Sammy Mjobo's funeral
Subject: squatter camps, townships, protestBurial--South Africa--Cape Town, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Demonstrations--South Africa
Description: Funeral for the seventh member of the 'Gugulethu Seven'. The Gugulethu Seven' were members of the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe ('MK'), who died at the hands of apartheid security forces in Gugulethu on 3 March 1986.
Identifier: islandora:8376

Title: Health sector march, Cape Town
Subject: Political participation--South Africa--Cape Town, Demonstrations--South Africa--Cape Town, Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: Medical workers stage a protest march against the apartheid government in the 1980's in Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:5196

Title: Hilda Ndude, 1996
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa)--Social conditions, Portraits, Women, Black--South Africa, Women political activists--South Africa,
Description: Freedom fighter, Hilda Ndude, October 1996.
Identifier: islandora:12687

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