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Discussing removal
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)
DTA meeting
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)
A crowd of people attending a DTA (Democratic Turnhalle Alliance) meeting on a farm. Gobabis District, Namibia.
ANC refugees, South Africa, 1994
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
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.
A new South Africa?
white men, white women, old South African flagElections--South Africa--1987, Political candidates--South Africa, Politicians--South Africa, Women, White--South Africa, Men, White--South Africa
Independent Movement members Denis Worrall (right), Ester Lategan and Wynand Malan share a platform in Stellenbosch.
Mandela returns to Robben Island with fellow Rivonia treason trialists, South Africa
Ex-convicts--South Africa--Robben Island, Apartheid--South Africa--Robben Island, Political history--South Africa--Robben Island, Prisons--South Africa--Robben Island
Nelson Mandela and his fellow convicted Rivonia treason trialists, all former political prisoners on Robben Island, return to the island on the fourth anniversary of Mandela's release from jail. Here they are pictured in the quarry in which the black prisoners were made to dig out lime daily. Some say Mandela's eyes were damaged by the lime dust. Cape Town, South Africa, 11 February 1994.
Mandela waving from former prison cell, Robben Island, South Africa
Ex-presidents--South Africa--Robben Island, Ex-convicts--South Africa--Robben Island, Apartheid--South Africa--Robben Island, Political history--South Africa--Robben Island, Prisons--South Africa--Robben Island
Nelson Mandela waves cheerfully from his former prison cell on Robben Island, four years after he was freed from jail by apartheid authorities. He spent more than two decades at Robben Island prison. Cape Town, South Africa, 11 February 1994.
Pollsmoor Prison March, Cape Town, 1985
Student protesters, Demonstrations, Police brutality, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Police attack youths early in the morning on the day of the Pollsmoor Prison March. United Democratic Front (UDF) leaders had called upon people to march to Pollsmoor Prison in August 1985 to demand the release of Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners. The students were also protesting against the state's education system, which offered blacks inferior education.
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Nyae Nyae Farmers' Co-operative
Bushman, Southern Africa, meeting, portrait, San, elder, San (African people)--Namibia, San (African people)--Namibia--Politics and government, Indigenous peoples--Namibia, Cooperative societies meetings--Namibia, Namibia
Young pallbearers, Cape Town, 1985
Funeral service, Pallbearers, Police shootings, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Young pallbearers, in school uniforms, stand at solemn attention at the funeral of three boys killed in the "Trojan Horse incident", when police, armed with pump-action shotguns and hiding in the back of a van, opened fire on a crowd in a residential street in Athlone, Cape Town.
2002 Youth Against Apartheid
AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects--South Africa, Treatment Action Campaign, Social movements--South Africa
Women dance and sing in front of a Treatment Action Campaign banner that states: "1976 Youth Against Apartheid 2002 Youth Against HIV/AIDS"
Election violence, South Africa, 1995
Apartheid--South Africa--Umlazi, Political violence--South Africa--Umlazi, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Umlazi, Zulu (African people)--Clothing, Best of Marinovich
An Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporting chief fires into houses during an IFP rally in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal, 1995.
Singqokwana Malgas, New Brighton township, 1997
Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Singqokwana Malgas was an African National Congress (ANC) veteran who had been imprisoned on Robben Island for fourteen years. While he was in prison, Malgas's house had been repeatedly firebombed and one of his sons had been killed. At the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) he described his ordeal of torture at the hands of the security police. Malgas told the TRC that he would like to tell his torturers, 'If we were only going to get freedom over our dead bodies, I'd like to make them aware we've got freedom.'
Mrs. Josephine Msweli, KwaSokhulu, 1997
Josephine Msweli, Sappi Gum Tree forest, where her son, Simon, was murdered, 1997. Mrs. Msweli's family were African National Congress (ANC) sympathisers and were repeatedly attacked by members of Inkatha. Two of her sons were killed during separate attacks. She testified to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that her son Simon and his friend had been kidnapped and taken to the Sappi Gum Tree forest where they were killed. She said the boys had been abducted by members of the stability unit and the KwaZulu police. She wanted the perpetrators to come forward so that she could establish why they did what they did and so that she could give them a piece of her mind before she would forgive them.
Community march in Port Nolloth
Demonstrations--South Africa--Port Nolloth, Political participation--South Africa--Port Nolloth, Relocation (Housing)--South Africa--Port Nolloth,
Community march, with placards, in Port Nolloth. The placards call for job opportunities and decent housing. One placard reads "We want to stay in Port Nolloth".
Oral history interview with Mandla Moses Mthembu, a survivor of the Kwamadala Hostel massacre
Oral history, Boipatong (South Africa)--History, Violence--South Africa--Boipatong, South Africa--Politics and government--1989-1994, , ,
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)., Pol1.02.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 01:08:16 min. ; interview 2 of 5
Winnie Mandela and family, Cape Town
Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Political prisoners--South Africa,
Winnie Mandela and family with Dullah Omar (lawyer) during a Christmas visit to see Nelson Mandela at Victor Verster prison in Paarl, Cape Town., circa 1980s
David Webster funeral, Johannesburg, South Africa
Political history--South Africa--Johannesburg, Political violence--South Africa--Johannesburg, Funeral rites and ceremonies--South Africa--Johannesburg, Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, May Day (Labor holiday)--South Africa--Johannesburg
Activists defiantly hoist the banned African National Congress (ANC) flag at the funeral of David Webster, a prominent anti-apartheid activist and champion of labour union rights who was murdered by the apartheid state on May Day (1 May) 1989. Johannesburg, South Africa, 6 May 1989.
ANCWL meeting, Women's Day
Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Women--South Africa, Demonstrations--South Africa,
ANC (African National Congress) Women�s League meeting on Women's Day. Community members commemorate female political prisoners at St. Francis Church Hall in Langa, Cape Town., circa 1980s
Radio interview [Part 1 of 2]
Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to
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), Pin4a-rm.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 32:37 min.
Dr Kildare falls foul of the Immorality Act
South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989--Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa. Immorality Act, 1950, South Africa--Social conditions--1961-1994--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
A reader drew attention to a scandalous matter featuring �in one of the Cape Times comic strips. Popular hero, Dr Kildare was defying the Immorality Act by falling in love with an Indian woman. Description provided by Tony Grogan.