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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: Not eligible to vote because of his race, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, Apartheid, Elections
Description: Say yes for me: Though not eligible to vote in yesterday's referendum because of his skin colour, this man made it quite clear where his sympathies lay.
Identifier: islandora:18063

Title: Day of the Covenant ceremony at Groote Schuur Estate, Cape Town
Subject: Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Afrikaner Nationalism, Apartheid, Memorials, Culture, Religion
Description: A crowd of about 400 people attended the Day of the Covenant ceremony at the Groote Schuur Estate in 1976, including numerous women in Voortrekker costume. The service was led by Dr A. J. G. Dreyer. Professor D. J. Kotze, of the faculty of history at the University of Stellenbosch, was the main speaker.
Identifier: islandora:16649

Title: Call of Islam meeting
Subject: Muslim organisationsNon-governmental organizations--South Africa, Religious institutions--South Africa, Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa
Description: South African anti-apartheid activists, Trevor Manuel and Farid Esack, at a Call of Islam meeting. Call of Islam is a non-governmental organisation (NGO), founded by South African Muslim activists in 1984.
Identifier: islandora:8309

Title: Cabinet meeting, Cape Town, 1970s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Cabinet ministers, National Party (South Africa), Governments
Description: The Cabinet met in Cape Town today to finalise arrangements for the coming session of Parliament. In conversation before the start of the meeting are (from left) Dr. N. Diederichs (Minister of finance), Dr. H. Muller (Minister of Foreign Affairs), Mr. P. W. Botha (Minister of Defence), Mr. S. L. Muller (Minister of Police and Economic Affairs) and Mr. F. Waring (Minister of Sport, Recreation and Tourism).
Identifier: islandora:16921

Title: Camps Bay and the Twelve Apostles, Cape Town, 1957
Subject: Camps Bay (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Urban development, Building, Architecture, Environment
Description: Visitors and tourists who delight in capturing with their cameras the many beauty spots of the "Incomplete Cape" will recognize this familiar scene view of Camps Bay and the Twelve Apostles, taken from the Glen. Two aspects, however, combining ancient and modern features, are depicted here. In the foreground is the old and famous Round House tearoom, built originally as a shooting box for Lord Charles Somerset. On the left is the ancient Round House Annexe - the feature of which as a Youth Hostel has been the subject of recent municipal discussion. The modern aspect lies in the middle distance where part of the amazing development of Camps Bay can be seen.
Identifier: islandora:16948

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: Mule teams at Cape Show, Goodwood, Cape Town
Subject: Goodwood (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Agricultural shows, Agriculture, Apartheid
Description: Mule teams in the arena at the Cape Show. It was claimed by the announcer that the Western Province is the only place in the world where such a show of spans of mules can be seen.
Identifier: islandora:15865

Title: Desmond Tutu and Allan Boesak
Subject: Religious leaders--South Africa, Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa
Description: Bishop of Johannesburg, Desmond Tutu, and anti-apartheid activist and cleric of the South African Dutch Reformed Church, Allan Boesak laugh as they leave Boesak's offices on their way to Tuynhuys.
Identifier: islandora:8416

Title: Newspaper vendor, Rosebank, South Africa, 1981
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Newspaper vendors--South Africa, Boys--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: His name was Sydney and he lived in Langa. Sydney told me he earned all the money which kept his paralysed grandmother, his sister and his brother going. He did not know where his parents were. This photograph was taken on a Saturday evening on Main Road, Rosebank, 1981. On the following Monday morning I read a filler in 'The Cape Times' which told of a black boy named Sydney who was selling newspapers in Rosebank and was run over by a car on Saturday evening. He died instantly, the report said. The next day I started searching for his grandmother's house in Langa. She cried when I gave her the photograph of her smiling grandson
Identifier: islandora:963

Title: Election violence, South Africa, 1995
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa--Umlazi, Political violence--South Africa--Umlazi, History--Political aspects--South Africa--Umlazi, Zulu (African people)--Clothing, Best of Marinovich
Description: An Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporting chief fires into houses during an IFP rally in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal, 1995.
Identifier: islandora:1200

Title: Singqokwana Malgas, New Brighton township, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Singqokwana Malgas was an African National Congress (ANC) veteran who had been imprisoned on Robben Island for fourteen years. While he was in prison, Malgas's house had been repeatedly firebombed and one of his sons had been killed. At the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) he described his ordeal of torture at the hands of the security police. Malgas told the TRC that he would like to tell his torturers, 'If we were only going to get freedom over our dead bodies, I'd like to make them aware we've got freedom.'
Identifier: islandora:796

Title: F. Johnson, blinded while serving, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Memorials, Veterans, Apartheid
Description: F. Johnson, blinded while serving, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:14860

Title: Mrs. Josephine Msweli, KwaSokhulu, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Josephine Msweli, Sappi Gum Tree forest, where her son, Simon, was murdered, 1997. Mrs. Msweli's family were African National Congress (ANC) sympathisers and were repeatedly attacked by members of Inkatha. Two of her sons were killed during separate attacks. She testified to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that her son Simon and his friend had been kidnapped and taken to the Sappi Gum Tree forest where they were killed. She said the boys had been abducted by members of the stability unit and the KwaZulu police. She wanted the perpetrators to come forward so that she could establish why they did what they did and so that she could give them a piece of her mind before she would forgive them.
Identifier: islandora:755

Title: Oral history interview with Robert Makabulana
Subject: Oral history, Labor unions--Social aspects--South Africa, Economic conditions--South Africa, Apartheid--South Africa, Labor union members--South Africa--Interviews
Description: The interviews trace the working lives and political consciousness of three people involved with trade unions in industry. Themes include: Combined Workers Union, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), family background, gender discrimination, job reservation, student activism 1976-1985, shop stewards, political consciousness, working conditions, working environment and the 1980 school boycotts., Por3.02.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 29:24 min. ; interview 2 of 4
Identifier: islandora:25030

Title: Ivan Toms, End Conscription Campaign, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Conscientious objection, South African Defence Force, Apartheid, End Conscription Campaign (South Africa)
Description: Dr Ivan Toms, a conscientious objector and founder of the End Conscription Campaign (ECC), Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:18089

Title: Allan and Dorothy Boesak after he was released on bail, Cape Town
Subject: Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946-, Political activists, Boesak, Dorothy, Apartheid era
Description: Anti-apartheid church leader Dr. Allan Boesak reunited with his wife Dorothy after being charged today with subversion and released on R20 000 bail.
Identifier: islandora:14828

Title: Land Bank, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Banking, Apartheid, Buildings, Architecture
Description: The Land Bank in Queen Victoria Street, Gardens, Cape Town. Built in 1938 and designed by architect Brian Mansergh
Identifier: islandora:16746

Title: Three African leaders looking at documents, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, Politics, ,
Description: First of the African homeland leaders who arrived in Cape town today before their meeting with the Prime Minister, Mr B.J. Vorster, in Cape Town tomorrow were (from left) Chief Wessel Mota of Qwa Qwa, Chief Gatsha Buthelezi of KwaZulu, and Chief Patrick Mphephu of Vendaland.
Identifier: islandora:15529

Title: Crossroads residents trying to salvage their possessions, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid
Description: Crossroads residents try to salvage sodden possessions from the remains of their shelter in a badly-flooded section of the squatter camp.
Identifier: islandora:17523

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