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Terry's son with domestic worker
Domestic employees--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Social conditions--South Africa,
Terry's son, Nicholas, spending the day with Honey, Frances and Graeme.
The end of Sophiatown, 1959
Sophiatown (Johannesburg, South Africa)--Social conditions, Apartheid--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Blacks--Housing--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Forced migration--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Rubble--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg)
By 1959 most of the houses in Sophiatown had disappeared. Big machines and men with picks beat down the last walls of Sophiatown.
Eugene Terre'Blanche, Mafikeng, 1998
Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Terre Blanche, Euge?ne N., Truth and Lies,
Eugene Terre'Blanche, Mafikeng, 1998. Terre'Blanche, the leader of the Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), attended the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings in order to oppose the amnesty application of a South African Police (SAP) officer, Ontlametse Bernstein Menyatswe, who had killed three members of the AWB in 1994. Menyatswe argued that the killing had been politically motivated and he was acting in defense of his people and their right to vote in a national democratic election.
Elderly woman's hands crossed on her lap
Genadendal (South Africa)—Social conditions, Women—South Africa—Genadendal,
The hands of an elderly woman crossed on her lap.
Amina Vallie, 1996
Cape Town (South Africa)--Social conditions, Portraits, Bedrooms--South Africa, Older people--South Africa, Muslim women--South Africa, Islamic clothing and dress--South Africa,
Zubeida Vallie's mother, Amina "Mum" Vallie (n�e Patel), October 1996.
Man holding walking stick, England
England--Social life and customs, Men--England,
A man dressed in a black robe and hat sits on a chair next to a collection box that reads, 'CHAT TOURS', England.
Monica Nqabakazi Godolozi, Pebco Three widow, Motherwell, 1997
Monica Nqabakazi Godolozi, the widow of Qwaqwahuli Godolozi, one of the Pebco Three, with her daughter, Papama, Port Elizabeth, 1997. The Pebco Three were three political activists who were tricked into being captured by security police, taken to an isolated police station near Cradock and beaten to death during interrogation.
Addey and Karen, Johannesburg
Leisure time--South Africa, City dwellers--South Africa, Social life and customs--South Africa,
Addey and Karen getting close during Sunday lunch at Laurienne and Ian's home in north Johannesburg, 1989.
Flower seller, Zainub Abrahams, 1996
Cape Town (South Africa)--Social conditions, Portraits, Women--South Africa, Flower vending--South Africa,
Flower seller, Zainub Abrahams, October 1996.
Maintaining contact with the outside world
Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Telecommunication--Angola, Bailundo (Huambo, Angola)--Social conditions,
A satellite dish in Bailundo in the Huambo Province of Angola enable União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) to maintain contact with the outside world.
Hostel burial society march, Malmesbury, Western Cape
Malmesbury (South Africa)--Social life and customsBurial insurance--South Africa--Malmesbury, Funeral rites and customs--South Africa,
A march of members of a hostel burial society in Malmsebury in the Western Cape. They are carrying a placard which reads "Masingwa Bane Buffelsdoring Burial".
The Jazzolomos, Sophiatown, 1953
Sophiatown (Johannesburg, South Africa)--Social conditions, Entertainers--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Musicians, Black--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Jazz musicians--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg)
"We three the Jazz dizzlers be..." The popular Jazzolomos rocked the Reef in the fifties. Band members were from left: Jacob 'Mzala' Lepers (bass), Sol 'Beegeepee' Klaaste (piano) and Benni 'Gwigwi' Mrwebi (alto saxophone). Sophiatown, 1953.
Farmworker, Vuyiswa, 1996
Cape Town (South Africa)--Social conditions, Portraits, Women agricultural laborers--South Africa, Farms--South Africa, Crops--South Africa,
Farmworker, Vuyiswa Rasi, October 1996.
Young boy, Lesotho
Lesotho--Rural conditions, Lesotho--Social life and customs, Boys--Lesotho, Children--Lesotho,
Young boy, Lesotho.
Chris Barnard and his wife, Barbara Barnard dine with Secretary of the Department of Information
Barnard, Christiaan, 1922-2001, Surgeons--South Africa, Barnard, Barbara, Rhoodie, Eschel M. (Eschel Mostert), South Africa--Social life and customs
Dining in Cape Town this week were, left, Mrs. Barbara Barnard, Mrs. Katie Rhoodie, her husband Eschel, and Professor Chris Barnard.
Refugees fleeing Zimbabwe, 2007
Refugees--South Africa, Refugees--Zimbabwe, Zimbabweans, Illegal aliens--South Africa, (Zimbabwe)--Social conditions, Best of Marinovich
Zimbabwean teenagers, Tareiro Mbudzi, 19 (front, in red and blue) and Obey Sithole (rear), climb over the third and last fence from Zimbabwe to South Africa in their attempt to enter South Africa illegally to start a new life, March, 2007. Thousands of Zimbabweans attempt the crossing each day, some of whom are arrested by the security forces. The women are often raped, and all are robbed or extorted.
Joyce Mtimkulu, Port Elizabeth, 1997
Joyce Mtimkulu holding a piece of her late son, Siphiwo's hair, that had fallen out after he was poisoned by security police in 1981. A year later he was kidnapped, drugged, shot execution-style and burned on a wood pyre, as revealed by security police at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).