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Title: Woman and children protest over police brutality, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Demonstrations, Youth, Law enforcement
Description: Woman and children protest over police brutality, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16110

Title: Woman sits amongst her happy family, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Discrimination, ,
Description: Happy Window: Mrs Beatrice Mbatini of Guguletu, seen here with her family, says she is "the happiest woman in the world". Mrs Mbatani was to have been endorsed out of Cape Town tomorrow, but yesterday her stay was extended till the end of the month for her case to be investigated. "So many friends have come by to give me their good wishes - I'm so happy," Mrs Mabatani (centre) said yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:15797

Title: Man and woman hold up anti-apartheid stickers, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Segregation, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Progressive Federal Party (South Africa)
Description: Man and woman hold up anti-apartheid stickers, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16125

Title: Woman takes out money to pay fine, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Discrimination, ,
Description: Total fines of R1960 were imposed for pass law offences at Langa yesterday. Here, a woman draws R10 notes from her purse to pay a fine for being in the Cape illegally for more than 72 hours.
Identifier: islandora:15799

Title: Woman crouches against rock to protect herself from the elements, Cape Town
Subject: Poverty, Homeless persons, ,
Description: Nawandle Ngongo crouches against a rock in Nyanga. All she has left to protect her from the elements is a blanket.
Identifier: islandora:15605

Title: Woman wearing beads around her neck, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa,
Description: Portrait of a woman with short hair and wearing beads around her neck, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18443

Title: Woman reading a letter in the doorway, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: A woman reads a letter in the doorway of her home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18502

Title: Woman sitting in a chair and listening to the radio, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century,
Description: A woman sits and listens to the radio in a home in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18446

Title: Woman delivering speech to crowd of protesters, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Civil unrest, Demonstrations, Public speaking
Description: Woman gives a speech to a crowd of protesters, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16424

Title: Sick woman sitting on bed, Cape Town
Subject: Poverty, Homeless persons, Politics, ,
Description: Desperately ill, Mrs Evelyn Magxala spends her days in a sweltering tent in the Nyanga dunes waiting for the Administration Board to decide her fate and that of 750 other squatters.
Identifier: islandora:15604

Title: Woman reading newspaper on sofa, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa,
Description: A woman reads the newspaper on a sofa, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18444

Title: Woman leaning against bonnet of car, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century, South Africa—Social conditions—1961-1994,
Description: A woman leans against the bonnet of a Volkswagen Beetle parked in front of a hostel in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18447

Title: Woman purchasing fruit, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: An elderly woman purchases goods from a fruit and vegetable store in District Six, Cape Town in the late 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18538

Title: Woman walking out of sea in bikini, Eastern Beach, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa, Bathing suits—South Africa—20th century, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century,
Description: A woman walks out of sea in a bikini at Eastern Beach in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18428

Title: Woman pays a roadside vendor, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: A woman purchases goods from a pavement vendor in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18504

Title: Woman standing in a doorway, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: A woman stands in the doorway of her home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18527

Title: Two men and a woman posing, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Men--South Africa, Women--South Africa, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century,
Description: A woman sits and poses between two men, one holding a camera and the other holding an umbrella. Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18433

Title: Bereaved woman tells her story, Cape Town
Subject: Grief, Riots, Demonstrations, ,
Description: "I feel I was robbed of my unborn child." These were the words of 26 year old Mrs Noelit Mfino to describe her pain and grief after a miscarriage after teargas was fired at a crowd at the Nyanga squatter site this week. The abrupt end of her pregnancy dashed the long-cherished hope of Mrs Mfino for a son. She has four daughters. Still shocked and in pain, Mrs Mfino described her ordeal through an interpreter at the Rondebosch home of a clergyman where she is recovering.
Identifier: islandora:15603

Title: People come to an old woman's aid, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Wounds and injuries, Older people, Audiences
Description: People come to an old woman's aid, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16344

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