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A domestic worker speaks out, Cape Town
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Labour, Domestic workers, Apartheid
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Description
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Mrs Hester George: "I think it is really disgusting because we, as domestic workers, are denied our private lives."
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Identifier
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islandora:18034
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Women and children praying, Crossroads, South Africa, 1982
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Subject
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South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Prayer groups--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
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Description
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Women and children of Crossroads gather to pray for the Nyanga bush squatters, who had staged a hunger strike in St George's Cathedral in an attempt to persuade the authorities not to demolish their plastic shacks. The protest was fruitless - the shacks were torn down during the wet Cape winter, causing hardship, Cape Town, 1982
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Identifier
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islandora:917
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ANC refugees, South Africa, 1994
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Subject
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Apartheid--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, Refugees--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, History--Political aspects--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)--Social conditions, Best of Marinovich
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A family carry their belongings home after months in a refugee camp for African National Congress (ANC) supporting families from the Sonkombo area from which they had fled months earlier because of attacks by rival Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Sonkombo, KwaZulu-Natal, 1994.
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Identifier
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islandora:1199
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Title
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Young newspaper vendor, Cape Town
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Subject
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Child labor--South Africa, Poor children--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Newspaper vendors--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
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Description
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A child newspaper vendor stands barefoot, ready to begin the day's work before sunrise.
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Identifier
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islandora:5726
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Camps Bay Pavilion burned down, Cape Town, 1973
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Subject
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Camps Bay (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Fires, Entertainment, Disaster, Local government
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Description
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The charred ruins of the old Camps Bay pavilion stands today as a sad monument after a fire ripped through the 57-year-old building early today. It destroyed the equipment and the dreams of the Camps Bay Operatic and Dramatic Society and one of Cape Town's best-known landmarks. Damage is estimated at thousands of rands and the City Council's Amenities Committee is expected to look over the ruins during a scheduled tour of Camps Bay tomorrow.
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Identifier
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islandora:16990
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Mandela returns to Robben Island with fellow Rivonia treason trialists, South Africa
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Subject
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Ex-convicts--South Africa--Robben Island, Apartheid--South Africa--Robben Island, Political history--South Africa--Robben Island, Prisons--South Africa--Robben Island
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Nelson Mandela and his fellow convicted Rivonia treason trialists, all former political prisoners on Robben Island, return to the island on the fourth anniversary of Mandela's release from jail. Here they are pictured in the quarry in which the black prisoners were made to dig out lime daily. Some say Mandela's eyes were damaged by the lime dust. Cape Town, South Africa, 11 February 1994.
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Identifier
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islandora:5374
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Winnie Mandela speaks to Omar Dullah, Cape Town
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Subject
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Mandela, Winnie, Omar, Dullah, Politicians--South Africa, Post-apartheid era
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Description
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Controversial: Mrs Winnie Mandela, in the centre of controversy over her West African trip and the police investigations against her. Dullah Omar and Winnie Mandela.
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Identifier
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islandora:14750
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Outside bathroom used by nine domestic servants, Cape Town
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Domestic workers, Apartheid
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Description
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The outside bathroom and toilet used by nine domestic servants. Some of the girls said that they preferred to take a basin of hot water to their bedrooms as the bathroom only had cold water and they found the conditions unhygienic.
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Identifier
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islandora:18049
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Protest, Johannesburg, 1990
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Subject
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Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg, Demonstrations--South Africa--Johannesburg, Blacks--South Africa--Johannesburg
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Description
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A protest gathering at Jabulani Amphitheatre, Johannesburg, 1990.
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Identifier
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islandora:1431
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Oral history interview with Miriam Siyaka [Part 1 of 2]
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Subject
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Oral history, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Alcohol--Government policy--South Africa
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Description
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This project spans three sub-collections. This case study in Langa in the Western Cape examines the socio-political environment and racial/gender discrimination with regards to alcohol under apartheid policies. Themes include: African traditional beer (umqombothi), anti-government protests, discriminatory laws, the Eastern Cape, government beer halls, government policy with respect to alcohol, hostels, housing, migrant labour, racialised spaces, the 1976 riots, shebeens (a bar, predominately in the townships where alcohol is sold) and the smuggling of alcohol by residents., Pin7.12a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:49 min. ; interview 12 of 16
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Identifier
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islandora:22557
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Camps Bay, Cape Town, 1946
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Subject
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Camps Bay (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Roads, Urban development, Commerce, Recreation,
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Description
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Beach Road in Camps Bay in the late 1940s
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Identifier
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islandora:16957
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Mandela waving from former prison cell, Robben Island, South Africa
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Subject
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Ex-presidents--South Africa--Robben Island, Ex-convicts--South Africa--Robben Island, Apartheid--South Africa--Robben Island, Political history--South Africa--Robben Island, Prisons--South Africa--Robben Island
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Description
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Nelson Mandela waves cheerfully from his former prison cell on Robben Island, four years after he was freed from jail by apartheid authorities. He spent more than two decades at Robben Island prison. Cape Town, South Africa, 11 February 1994.
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Identifier
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islandora:5373
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Pollsmoor Prison March, Cape Town, 1985
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Subject
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Student protesters, Demonstrations, Police brutality, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
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Description
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Police attack youths early in the morning on the day of the Pollsmoor Prison March. United Democratic Front (UDF) leaders had called upon people to march to Pollsmoor Prison in August 1985 to demand the release of Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners. The students were also protesting against the state's education system, which offered blacks inferior education.
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Identifier
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islandora:890
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Walking the Black Sash gauntlett, Cape Town
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Demonstrations, Women, Political activists, Black Sash (Society)
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Description
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Former Prime Minister D F Malan passes through a gauntlet of silent Black Sash protestors on the way to the Nationalist Party Congress in Cape Town, 1955.
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Identifier
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islandora:16870
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Participants in Buffalo Rally from Cape Town
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Motorcycles, Apartheid, Recreation, Transport
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Grease for peace, says "Mad" Morgan Moodley, as his loaded "Black Wing" rumbles through Cape Town en route for the Buffalo Rally in Maseru. With him is Yolanda Julius and they are flying the flag of the Freedom Riders Motorcycle Club - as slightly modified Stars and Stripes.
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Identifier
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islandora:16897