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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 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 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 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 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: 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

Title: Woman dancing at a live jazz music gig, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Jazz music--South Africa, Women--South Africa, South Africa--Social life and customs,
Description: A woman dances at a live jazz music gig in Cape Town, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18197

Title: Woman with National Party bade pinned to headscarf, Cape Town
Subject: National Party (South Africa), Politics, ,
Description: Woman with National Party badge pinned to headscarf, Cape Town. NP Election camp.
Identifier: islandora:15517

Title: Woman dancing at a live jazz music gig, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Jazz music--South Africa, Women--South Africa, South Africa--Social life and customs,
Description: A woman dances at a live jazz music gig in Cape Town, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18250

Title: Woman cries while men carry injured person, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Vandalism, Demonstrations
Description: An injured Coloured youth is carried off to an ambulance at Bonteheuwel today.
Identifier: islandora:16251

Title: First coloured woman to ever vote, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Gender, Politics
Description: First coloured woman ever to vote in South Africa is Mrs W. Simpson of Crawford. She rose early today to be in time for the opening of the polling station at the Lansdowne Civic Centre in the constituency of Liesbeek for the elections. Mrs Simpson is a prominent welfare worker among the Coloured community.
Identifier: islandora:15991

Title: Woman holds flag and sign in protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations
Description: Woman holds flag and sign in protest, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16061

Title: Woman holds anti-apartheid signage, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Anti-apartheid activists
Description: Woman holds anti-apartheid signage, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16059

Title: Woman in front of a shattered picture of Jesus and Mary, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Christianity
Description: Mrs Grace Ncube in her Guguletu home yesterday after the explosion.
Identifier: islandora:16229

Title: Apartheid era: mixed marriages. A man and woman living together, who cannot legally get married, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, Intermarriage, ,
Description: Mrs Diana Bassick, and her common-law husband, Mr Raymond De Proft. Living together for 27 years but they cannot legally marry.
Identifier: islandora:15216

Title: Woman in the window of her home, 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 looks through a window in 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:18509

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