Constitution, correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes and printed items such as 'Libertas', the Truth Service magazine. Subjects are primarily the organisation of the Truth Service and Truth Legion, pro-war an anti-fascist campaigns. Other subjcts are the bilingual school issue, malnutrition, gold standard, elections, Campaign for Right and Justice, Broederbond and Ossewa Brandwag.
One photograph of the Union Day celebrations that took place in Johannesburg on the 31 May 1910. The photo shows a sportsground and the march past of 12,000 children carrying the British flag, with inscription on the photo.
The television documentary was inspired by the story of the march of about 7000 Zulu mine workers from the Witwatersrand to the rural areas of Zululand / Natal at the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War in 1899. The repatriation march of the mine workers was led by John Sydney Marwick, a public servant at the time, saving them from certain starvation, as Gold mining on the Witwatersrand had come to a grinding halt. The documentary places the story of John Sydney Marwick against the historic background of British colonial conquest in Natal and resistance by the Zulu nation, covering the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879 to the Bambatha rebellion of 1906.
The Working Group on International Relations, a project of the now dissolved UDF, was established in response to the momentous shifts that took place in the geopolitical realm in the late 1980s, particularly the rapprochement between the USA and USSR, the end of the Cold War, the demise of Soviet Communism, and the international initiatives that affected Namibia, Angola, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Coupled to these changes were the momentous changes taking place within South Africa - the growing climate of negotiations; the unbanning of political organisations; the release of political prisoners; and the return of exiles to South Africa. The WGIR situated itself to facilitate research and dissemination of information relating to these shifts. The material in this collection relates to this role of the WGIR as a point of contact and a research facilitator. As the ANC became better established, the role of the WGIR was gradually taken over by structures within that party.
