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Title: Fires, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Devil's Peak (Cape Town, South Africa), Disasters, Fires, Fire departments
Description: Firemen work under a rain of glowing debris on Tafelberg Road, Devil's Peak, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:14963

Title: Epping, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Epping (Cape Town, South Africa), Industrial districts, Infrastructure
Description: Newly built bus and taxi station, Epping.
Identifier: islandora:18127

Title: Cape Town City
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Development, Traffic congestion
Description: Cape Town's most pressing problem: (Above) Cars seek refuge illegally on the Foreshore, with its many acres of vacant land.
Identifier: islandora:15077

Title: Oral history interview with Mrs Dollie [ Part 1 of 1]
Subject: Forced removals, Oral history, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: District Six refers to a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. It is best known for the forced removal of over 60 000 of its residents by the apartheid government. This extensive sub-collection contains interviews from various projects conducted between 1985 and 2002. The majority of interviewees resided or worked in District Six prior to being forcibly removed. Themes include: children, the Coon Carnival, crime, resident’s experiences of relocation, gangs, household arrangements, jazz, marriage, mixed marriages across racial lines, music, nostalgia, recreation, religion, schooling, social and racial issues and work., Cwc2.49a.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 25:11 min. ; interview 49 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18831

Title: District Six resident, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: Doris Kavanagh ... "I don't know why they should pull the building down. It's so solid you can't knock a nail in the walls."
Identifier: islandora:17992

Title: Protesters at Oudekraal, Cape Town
Subject: Oudekraal (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Environmental activists
Description: Protesters at Oudekraal, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16119

Title: Different flutes
Subject: Music--Africa, Folk music--Africa, Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: The UCT Ibuyambo Orchestra - Into Esiyivileyo - What we have heard, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Identifier: islandora:28581

Title: Arrested Rastafarian who supported unemployed workers, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations
Description: Arrested: A Rastafarian protester is arrested after turning out to support unemployed workers in Burg Street yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:17899

Title: People crouch to help a man injured, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Weapons, Law enforcement, Wounds and injuries
Description: A man grimaces in pain as he is given first aid after being wounded by riot police when they opened fire on a crowd stoning a truck in Halt Road. Elsie's River, yesterday afternoon. The man was discovered a few blocks from the scene in Faure Street, where he collapsed. He gave his name as Mr Louis Fisher, of Alard Street, Clarke's Estate, Elsies River.
Identifier: islandora:16182

Title: People protest in a train station, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Demonstration
Description: People protest in a train station, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16156

Title: Protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Apartheid, South African Police, Youth
Description: Part of a group of about 250 protesters move along Sir Lowry Road before their protest march was stopped by police at the intersection at Darling Street today.
Identifier: islandora:17720

Title: Homeless women, Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Women, Homeless persons
Description: Homeless Crossroads women wait at Parliament yesterday while four of them met Mr Chris Heunis to plead for rebuilding of their homes.
Identifier: islandora:17581

Title: Edith Bruch and family car, Cape Town, 1937
Subject: Bruch, Edith, Automobiles--South Africa--Cape Town, ,
Description: A photo of Edith Bruch sitting in front of the family car, Cape Town, 1937. Part of the car's number plate is visible in the photo.
Identifier: islandora:29846

Title: Officers of Prince Alfred's Own Cape Volunteer Artillery, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, Civil war, British Army, Armed forces,
Description: Three officers of Prince Alfred's Own Cape Volunteer Artillery.
Identifier: islandora:15938

Title: Cabinet members, Cape Town, 1975
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Cabinet ministers, National Party (South Africa), Governments
Description: Prime Minister B.J. Vorster and State President Nico Diedrichs (centre front) with members of the Cabinet, 1975
Identifier: islandora:16941

Title: Bishop Lavis Drive, Cape Town
Subject: Bishop Lavis (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Townships, Apartheid, Youth, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Coloured people (South Africa)
Description: Bishop Lavis Drive in Bishop Lavis township, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16852

Title: New housing development, Blue Downs, Cape Town
Subject: Blue Downs (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Townships, Apartheid, Housing, Architecture
Description: A new housing development at Blue Downs, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16879

Title: Amina and Ebrahim Adam, 1996
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa)--Social conditions, Portraits, Living rooms--South Africa, Older Muslims--South Africa, Couples--South Africa, Islamic clothing and dress--South Africa,
Description: Amina and Ebrahim Adam, October 1996.
Identifier: islandora:12668

Title: Firemen, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Emergency management, Water, Fire departments
Description: Anthony Rhode and Cedric Lakey, 21.
Identifier: islandora:14979

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