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Title: Breyten Breytenbach and his family, Cape Town
Subject: Breytenbach, Breyten, Anti-apartheid activists, Political activists, Apartheid era, Families--South Africa
Description: Breyten Breytenbach with family at Cape Town docks
Identifier: islandora:14847

Title: Young newspaper vendor, Cape Town
Subject: 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
Description: A child newspaper vendor stands barefoot, ready to begin the day's work before sunrise.
Identifier: islandora:5726

Title: Members of the Islamic Council stand in front of Mosque, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Worship, ,
Description: [E]id-ul-adha: Hajjis Ismail Morris, Dawood Essop and Faiq ooley of the Islamic Council of South Africa outside the Aspeling Street Mosque in District Six.
Identifier: islandora:15482

Title: Winnie Mandela speaks to Omar Dullah, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Omar, Dullah, Politicians--South Africa, Post-apartheid era
Description: 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.
Identifier: islandora:14750

Title: Pollsmoor Prison March, Cape Town, 1985
Subject: Student protesters, Demonstrations, Police brutality, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: 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.
Identifier: islandora:890

Title: Nelson Mandela sits next to his wife and waves to supporters, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists
Description: Nelson and Winnie Mandela
Identifier: islandora:14410

Title: Member of the Clover Rich and Creamy Minstrels, Cape Town
Subject: Entertainers, Performing arts, Amusements, ,
Description: Mustapha Jennet, one of the Clover Rich and Creamy Minstrels, sang so hard that his breath wasn't the only thing he lost.
Identifier: islandora:15327

Title: Winnie Mandela outside the hospital after seeing her husband, Nelson Mandela, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists
Description: Winnie Mandela smiles broadly after seeing her husband in hospital this morning amid speculation that he may be freed by Pretoria.
Identifier: islandora:14402

Title: Aftermath of a landslide on the Simonstown-Miller's Point coastal road, Cape Town
Subject: Vehicles, Landslides, ,
Description: This is what it looked like after a landslide on the Simonstown-Miller's Point coastal road in the Peninsula sent about 150ft. of the tarred highway crashing into the sea.
Identifier: islandora:15274

Title: Dr. Jan Dommisse waves to his supporters, Cape Town
Subject: Dommisse, Jan, Politicians--South Africa, Apartheid era, Elections
Description: Victorious Dr. Jan Dommisse (left) who held Sea Point for the United Party in spite of determined efforts from the Progressive Party, waves to supporters after his win by 974 votes had been announced.
Identifier: islandora:14683

Title: Maitland Garden Village in disrepair , Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, ,
Description: Above and below: Maitland Garden Village houses have broken fences and unkempt gardens. Because of lack of funds, the City Council does only essential maintenance, and people ask why they should carry out repairs when they might soon have to move.
Identifier: islandora:15195

Title: [March in Cape Town]
Description: View of march in Cape Town; possibly a peace march led by Archbishop Tutu
Identifier: islandora:6538

Title: Young pallbearers, Cape Town, 1985
Subject: Funeral service, Pallbearers, Police shootings, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Young pallbearers, in school uniforms, stand at solemn attention at the funeral of three boys killed in the "Trojan Horse incident", when police, armed with pump-action shotguns and hiding in the back of a van, opened fire on a crowd in a residential street in Athlone, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:902

Title: Winnie Mandela with the family's lawyer, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Moosa, Essa
Description: Pensive: Mrs Mandela and Mr Moosa outside the lawyer's Athlone offices after visiting her husband.
Identifier: islandora:14399

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