Black Sash Collection

• Newspapers: Cape Argus, Cape Times, some Rand Daily Mail and Sunday Times
• Description:Townships (1984)
• Namaqualand and copper mining (1977-1987)
• Lawaaikamp, George (1980-1988)
• Atlantis (1972-1989)
• Location: 4 boxes in ASL basement on shelves before Eastern Cape Press Clippings

Cape Town Student Protests 1976

• Newspapers: Die Burger, Cape Argus, Cape Herald, Cape Times, Rapport, Sunday Times
• Description: Collected by UCT History Workshop, Aug-Sept 1976.
• Chronologies of events, pamphlets, leaflets, oral information, press cuttings, and subject and chronological indexes to articles which appeared in the above newspapers.
• Location: Manuscripts and Archives Dept at BC 651

Civil Rights League Clippings Collection

• Dates: 1963-1981
• Newspapers: Cape Times, Cape Argus, Sunday Times, with occasional clippings from other newspapers
• Description: Human rights issues, including group areas, censorship, police, bannings, detention.
• Card index in ASL. Arranged by topic.
• Location: Filing cabinets in ASL basement

Democratic Alliance Clippings Collection

• Dates: 1954-2004
• Newspapers: South African and international
• Description: Arranged by topic. Coverage: South Africa–general. Includes biographical files and files on Commissions of Inquiry.
• Current clippings are kept in the DA offices. These will be sent to ASL when no longer current. Printed version of finding aid at ASL Reference Desk.
• Location: Boxes in Immelman basement arranged alphabetically by filename.

Fiona Ross TRC Press Clippings Collection

• Description: 9 Files, Feb. 1995 – Sept. 1999
• South African newspapers, but primarily Mail & Guardian, Cape Times, Cape Argus and Sunday Independent.
• Location: Boxes in Immelman basement arranged alphabetically by filename.

Gerald Shaw Scrapbooks

• Description: Scrapbooks of newspaper articles written by Gerald Shaw, 1966-1996 (editor of the Cape Times)
• Location: Manuscripts and Archives Dept

Macmillan Collection of Clippings

• Dates: 1950s to date
• Newspapers: Cape Argus, Cape Times, Die Burger, Sunday Times, Sunday Independent
• Description: Arranged by topic. Primarily Cape local history but also topics such as education, politics, Sharpeville, etc. Separate biography file. Printed version of finding aid at ASL Reference Desk.
• Location: Filing cabinets in ASL basement

Press Clippings on South Africa’s Transformation

• Dates: 1989-1994
• Newspapers: South African
• Description: Compiled in the Political Studies Department of Rhodes University during South Africa’s transformation period. Arranged by topic, eg. ANC, voter education, CODESA, reconstruction, land, release of Nelson Mandela etc.
• Location: BA 320.968 PRES

Rand Daily Mail Political Scrapbooks

• Dates: 1963-April1985
• Newspapers: Rand Daily Mail
• Description: Political issues.
• Chronological arrangement.
• Location: Scrapbooks in Immelman basement

Scrapbooks on Southern African Liberation Movements, 1973

• Compiled by Prof Robin Cohen
•  Dates: July to September 1973
•  Newspapers: British
•  Description: Clippings mostly on Mozambique (including Wiriyamu massacre), also Zimbabwe, Namibia, and a few on SA. Chronological arrangement
•  Location: Basement

Scrapbooks on Burundi, Liberia and Ethiopia

• Newspapers: Cape Times, Cape Argus, Mail & Guardian.
• The Ethiopian scrapbooks include clippings from international newspapers as well as from the Cape Times and the Cape Argus.
• Description: Civil war in Burundi (1995-1998) and Liberia (1993-1996); Ethiopia (3 scrapbooks) from 1972-1995. Chronological arrangement.

Urban Problems Research Unit Clippings

• Date: 1976-1977
• Newspapers: Cape Argus, Cape Times, Sunday Times
• Description: South Africa with a strong focus on Cape Town. Topics include transport, housing, crime, health, Group Areas, townships, gangs. Arranged chronologically in scrapbooks under broad headings: Social conditions, Economic life, Need/ Amenities, Who is Who.
• Location: Basement

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