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Rare collection communicates an
UCT researchers play pivotal role
as-yet unseen female perspective
in ruling that rent on communal
on the anti-apartheid struggle.
land has an adverse effect –
FEMALE
POLITICAL
PRISONERS AND
PRISON GUARDS
GIVEN A VOICE
The Malibongwe Women’s Archive project –
spearheaded by Dr Janie Cole from the UCT
College of Music, with the UCT Libraries
Special Collection – presents a uniquely
female view of what it was like to be a
woman during the struggle against both
racial discrimination and oppression.
“This cultural-heritage preservation
project will provide a new perspective on
the standard liberation struggle narrative,
by embracing gender issues that historically
have been overlooked,” said Cole.
Presenting interviews, original music tracks
and personal items such as photos, diaries
and letters, the goal of the archive is to chart
the active role of women against apartheid.
Apart from its cultural, historical and
political significance, the Malibongwe
Women’s Archive will also be an educational
treasure chest for future generations.
“It opens up all kinds of exciting possibilities
in education and curriculum development,”
said Cole. “It is particularly aligned in the
wider academic context of decolonisation
efforts in historical musicology,
ethnomusicology and African studies, as well
as in UCT archival collections.”
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FOCUSING
ON RURAL
WOMEN TO
DRIVE LAND
REFORM
mostly on women.
The Ingonyama Trust, based in KwaZulu‑Natal
(KZN), was found to have acted in violation of
the Constitution by giving residential leases
to those who were true owners of the land in
terms of Zulu customary law.
Nolundi Luwaya, director of the Land and
Accountability Research Centre (LARC),
is based at the Department of Public Law.
Her work led to its involvement in the
Ingonyama Trust case.
In 2015, LARC researchers found that the
Trust was downgrading people’s land rights.
LARC was part of a collective challenging the
legality of this practice.
The court ordered the Ingonyama Trust
to refund all lease money paid, and ordered
the granting of rights in terms of applicable
KZN legislation.
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