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Title: Cabinet members, Cape Town, 1968
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Cabinet ministers, National Party (South Africa), Governments
Description: Prime Minister B.J. Vorster (centre front) with members of the Cabinet, 1969
Identifier: islandora:16940

Title: Postcard of Grand Parade, Cape Town, on auction day
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Flea markets, Urban development, Architecture, Demolition
Description: Auction day on the Grand Parade, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17210

Title: Demolition of the Pier, Cape Town Harbour
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town Harbour, Demolition
Description: City landmark goes: all the super-structure of the pier has been demolished. Within the next few weeks nothing will remain of the city landmark. In the photograph, taken yesterday afternoon, the tower is seen falling into the sea.
Identifier: islandora:17056

Title: BJ Vorster, 1961 election results, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Elections, Newspapers, Politics, Broadcasting,
Description: Prime Minister B.J. Vorster commenting on the 1961 election results.
Identifier: islandora:16687

Title: World War I veteran, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Memorials, Veterans, Apartheid
Description: Mr "Wally" Culley, 79, a veteran of World War I, was among the group of old soldiers of the Railways and Harbours Brigade who gathered at the Cape Town station yesterday, the 59th anniversary of the end of the war. A memorial service was held.
Identifier: islandora:14858

Title: Man walks past a "troops out!" sign spray-painted onto the Castle, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town, South Africa), Vandalism, Armed forces
Description: A pedestrian walks past the Castle, seemingly oblivious of the controversial slogan painted on its wall facing Strand Street during the night.
Identifier: islandora:16225

Title: Policeman drags man caught looting, Cape Town
Subject: Nyanga (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Law enforcement, Robbery
Description: A constable drags a prisoner to the patrol van after police surprised looters at a burnt Nyanga bottle store yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:16348

Title: Students in silent protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Youth, Demonstrations, Apartheid, Politics
Description: A student gives her name to a police major during yesterday's confrontation with police, while other students stand by, gagged in silent protest.
Identifier: islandora:17656

Title: Armed forces stand for the opening ceremony, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Armed forces
Description: Coloured Coloured Representative Council (CRC) opening.
Identifier: islandora:15986

Title: Flower sellers, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Informal sector (Economics), Plants, Street vendors, Flower vending
Description: Saturday morning in Parliament Street, where the Cape Town flower-sellers now have their pitches.
Identifier: islandora:15057

Title: On the road to Camps Bay, late 19th or early 20th Century, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Recreation, Urban development, Environment
Description: Walking in and around Cape Town was a great weekend occupation at the turn of the [20th] century, when this picture of strollers along the road to Camps Bay was taken.
Identifier: islandora:17184

Title: Residence in Plumstead, Cape Town
Subject: Plumstead (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Residential buildings, Gardens, Roads
Description: Plumstead.
Identifier: islandora:15835

Title: Burning tyres and other materials at a Stop Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Vandalism, Law enforcement, Civil unrest, Violence, Roads
Description: Burning tyres and other materials at a Stop Street, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16217

Title: Black Sash protest against death of Neil Aggett, Cape Town
Subject: Sea Point (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Demonstrations, Women, Black Sash (Society), Death in detention
Description: Mrs Di Bishop, MPC for Gardens, cuts a solitary figure in her protest outside the Sea Point Civic Centre. She held one of five protest posts arranged by the Black Sash in and around the City yesterday to coincide with widespread mourning for Dr Neil Agget, who died in detention last week.
Identifier: islandora:16859

Title: Policeman surveys the damage done to a shop, Cape Town
Subject: Hanover Park (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Law enforcement, Robbery
Description: Police survey the interior of a pharmacy in Hanover Park which was looted by rioters yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:16359

Title: Baxter Theatre, Cape Town
Subject: Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Theater, Apartheid, University of Cape Town, Education, Architecture,
Description: Aerial view of UCT's Lower Campus in the early 1980s, including the Baxter Theatre
Identifier: islandora:16732

Title: M.O.T.H commemoration, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Memorials, Veterans, World War, 1939-1945, Civil society
Description: A members of M.O.T.H (Memorable Order of Tin Hats) remembers fallen comrades at a commemorative ceremony in 1990
Identifier: islandora:16648

Title: Union celebrations in St George's Street, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), date unknown, Festivals, History, Colonialism
Description: Union celebrations in St George's Street, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:14530

Title: Accused terrorists on bail, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Bail
Description: On bail: Jozua "Ismael" Joubert, second from left, with co-accused, from left, Nazeem Adams, Anwaar Mentoor, Fadiel Adams and Yurus Adams. All are on bail pending appeals against sentences for terrorism and possessing illegal explosives.
Identifier: islandora:17616

Title: Jarvis Street Baptist Church, Green Point, Cape Town, 1970
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historical buildings, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Race discrimination
Description: The Jarvis Street Baptist Church, which recently celebrated its 75th anniversary, will soon be moved away to the Cape Flats.
Identifier: islandora:17309

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