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Title: Parliament, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Cabinet ministers, National Party (South Africa), Governments
Description: South Africa's Whites only Parliament in session
Identifier: islandora:16901

Title: SA Clothing and Textile Workers advocate workers' charter, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Labor unions
Description: Workers' chain ... More than 26 000 clothing and textiles workers - all members of the South African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union - formed a broken "human chain" in 15 Peninsula industrial areas, and in Bellville, Paarl, Wellington, Worcester and Atlantis. They were advocating the inclusion of a worker's charter in a post-apartheid constitution.
Identifier: islandora:17765

Title: ANC election campaign, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013Political campaigns--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: Nelson Mandela, with other political and civic leaders, at an African National Congress (ANC) election campaign meeting in Cape Town. ANC marshals are in the foreground. In the background is a banner with the words "Now is the time to vote ANC, Western Cape welcomes Madiba".
Identifier: islandora:5328

Title: Crossroads residents, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid
Description: Above: Ronnie van Westhuizen calls quiet from the crowd as Mrs Elsie Mkhumbuzi interprets. "We will try to help from our side," he told the crowd.
Identifier: islandora:17571

Title: Protesters run down the street between cars, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Motorcars
Description: Youths flee from a baton charge in Darling Street.
Identifier: islandora:16336

Title: Beer in transit, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Alcoholic beverages, Dock workers, Harbours, Ports, Shipping
Description: Off-loading cases of Castle beer at the Cape Town docks.
Identifier: islandora:16770

Title: District Six residents, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals (South Africa)
Description: District Six residents, Mrs Mary Gedult - and son Josland on
Identifier: islandora:18008

Title: Princess Vlei, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Princess Vlei (South Africa), Recreation, Fishing
Description: Looking across Princess Vlei, a paradise for fishermen.
Identifier: islandora:16582

Title: Freed prisoner receiving hug, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments
Description: Welcome: Freed Robben Island prisoner Mr Reed Macozoma gets a welcome home hug from a relative.
Identifier: islandora:16496

Title: Day of the Vow gathering, Cape Town
Subject: Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Afrikaner Nationalism, Apartheid, Memorials, Culture, Religion
Description: Niggie Sante Burger, foreground, of the Aandster Volkspele circle, Bellville, was among the 500 people who attended a Day of the Vow gathering on the Groote Schuur estate today. The Minister of Co-operation and Development, Dr Piet Koornhof, delivered an address and members of the Voortrekker youth movement out a tableau. A number of people were dressed in traditional Voortrekker outfits.
Identifier: islandora:16634

Title: 132 Long Street, Cape Town, 1983
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Computers, Technology, Business
Description: 132 Long Street, Cape Town, built circa 1909.
Identifier: islandora:17457

Title: Post Office stone', Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Communications, Urban development, Building, Archaeology
Description: This old post office stone is probably one of the oldest found in the country. It was dug up on the Golden Acre site yesterday and is being examined by South African Museum officials. There are inscriptions on both sides of the stone and the date which looks like 1577. The name of a ship is also vaguely discernible. Mr Victor Thompson, seen here, is a carpenter working on the site. He spotted the stone in sand being excavated. [Iziko Museums Identification, 2013: 'Post office stone' left at the Cape by the Wapen Van Rotterdam (1622), which left from Goeree in the Netherlands on 9 November 1621 bound for Batavia in the East and visited Table Bay on her outward voyage. Inscription reads: i(n) Schip Ghena(EMD)Rotterdam daer opKersboom Schipper Gillis-Uut de Maes den 9 NovemberDen 30 Meert A(nno) 1622 Rick van Ja]
Identifier: islandora:17124

Title: Demonstations and protests, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, Demonstrations, Youth
Description: Demonstations and protests, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17877

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:14584

Title: Mass Democratic Movement protest against beach apartheid, Cape Town
Subject: Strand (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Apartheid, South African Police, South Africa. Separate Amenities Act, 1953, Mass Democratic Movement (South Africa)
Description: People at the beach at Strand today where the Mass Democratic Movement planned a protest against beach apartheid.
Identifier: islandora:17719

Title: Mothers calling for alternative military service, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Conscientious objection, South African Defence Force, Apartheid
Description: Give our sons a choice - Mrs Avril Hoepner of Wynberg clutched her two-year-old son, Mathew, while speaking yesterday at a St. George's Cathedral press conference held by mothers calling for alternative military service for their sons.
Identifier: islandora:18095

Title: Spoornet employee after his vehicle was stoned, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Townships
Description: Shaken ... Spoornet employee Mr E.M. Laubscher after his vehicle was stoned by youths in Landsdowne Road near Gugulethu and Crossroads. His assistant was not hurt.
Identifier: islandora:17826

Title: Passengers board a flight to Windhoek from Cape Town in 1970
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town International Airport, Apartheid, Travel, Weather
Description: Passengers show their seating cards at the gate before boarding the plane bound for Windhoek at 10.10 this morning. This was the first plane to leave D.F.Malan Airport since late yesterday afternoon. The Airways terminal was crowded with more than 300 would-be travellers this morning, waiting for the fog to lift.
Identifier: islandora:15879

Title: Cycads, Company's Gardens, Cape Town, 1965
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Botanical gardens, Recreation, Older people
Description: A pipe smoker surrounded by cycads in the Company's Gardens, Cape Town, 1965.
Identifier: islandora:17260

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