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Title: Ex-islander Mikki Xhayiya, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: Ex-islander, Mikki Xhayiya.
Identifier: islandora:17917

Title: Home-made toys in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town, 1960s
Subject: Bo-Kaap (Cape Town, South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Children, Recreation, Historic districts
Description: Child pulling a home-made trolley in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17233

Title: Supporters of Anti-Crime Forum, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Crime
Description: Chain gang: Supporters of the Maneberg Anti-Crime Forum chained themselves to the gates of Parliament demanding an audience with Safety and Security Minister, Sidney Mufamadi.
Identifier: islandora:17828

Title: Aerial view, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Land, Urban development, Buildings
Description: The view of Cape Town, looking in a south-easterly direction, is another of the series taken by The Argus photographer from the top of recently completed 300ft. chimney at the Dock-Road power station. In the centre of the picture are the railway motor transport sheds and marshalling yards, and to the right of them monument station, the goods yards and part of the main station. The Grand Boulevard, which is planned as the main road link with the southern suburbs, will join Adderley Street at the extreme left of the picture, and where the fun fair appears in the photograph, the 1,000,000 Van Riebeeck Hotel will be built.
Identifier: islandora:15110

Title: Circus and pier, Adderley Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town Harbour, Recreation
Description: Cape Town Pier at the bottom of Adderley Street all lit up in 1929
Identifier: islandora:17071

Title: Greek Orthodox Church, Woodstock, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Woodstock (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: The Greek Orthodox Church in Mountain Road Woodstock, was built in 1901 by a congregation of less than 80 people. To-day there are about 1, 100 people in the congregation.
Identifier: islandora:17307

Title: Gabebah Abrahams explores an early waterway, Cape Town
Subject: Archaeology, Excavation sites (Archaeology), Water-pipes--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Miss Gabebah Abrahams delving into one of Cape Town's earliest man-made waterways.
Identifier: islandora:14695

Title: Two women dance in the road amidst the traffic, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Apartheid, Demonstrations, Segregation
Description: Six African girls disrupted pedestrian traffic in front of the Trust Bank building in the City yesterday, shouting Black Power slogans, jostling passers-by, and attempting to force their way into Whites-only taxis. Shouting: "We will die with our Black brothers," the six jumped into a non-White taxi when police arrived and sped off.
Identifier: islandora:16305

Title: Mayor greets fundraising cyclists, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Fund raising, AIDS activists, Cyclists
Description: Mayoral greeting ... Cape Town Mayor Mr Gordon Oliver greets Mr Pietro Battiston (left) and his cycling partner, Mr Allan Harcombe, outside the City Hall at the end of their almost 2 000 kilometre trip that raised "thousands" of rands in funds for an AIDS home. They were full of praise for the "fantastic response" they had received on the trip.
Identifier: islandora:17633

Title: Veterans, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), War memorials, Memorials, Veterans, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1914-1918
Description: Mr Joe Samuels, (90) from Fort Lauderdale (centre) on parade.
Identifier: islandora:16645

Title: Market day on the Grand Parade, Cape Town, 1958
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Business, Flea markets, Informal sector (Economics)
Description: Grand Parade Market on Wednesdays and Saturdays is a never-failing centre of interest for visitors and Capetonians.
Identifier: islandora:17161

Title: Army official squints into the light while firing a smoke gun, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Law enforcement, Weapons, Demonstrations
Description: Army official squints into the light while firing a smoke gun, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16194

Title: Crowd marching in support of political prisoners, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, Demonstrations
Description: Part of the crowd of 800 which marched in Cape Town yesterday in support of more than 300 political prisoners on Robben Island who are refusing food.
Identifier: islandora:17874

Title: Barn, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Buildings, Residential buildings
Description: Old stable-looking house.
Identifier: islandora:16619

Title: District Six, Cape Town, 1974-1975
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Housing--South Africa--Cape Town, Children--South Africa--Cape Town, Winer Batch01, ,
Description: District Six partly demolished, Cape Town, circa 1974-1975. Taken during the final stage of removal of 6000 families from District Six, for relocation to the Cape Flats and Atlantis, in terms of the Group Areas Act.
Identifier: islandora:12523

Title: Pupils carry the coffin of their friend, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Youth, Grief
Description: Death of a promising pupil...Eleven-year-old Ricardo Levy, who was shot dead in Kalksteenfontein during unrest on election night last week, was described at his funeral yesterday as a "promising pupil" by his principal, Mr R.J. Hendricks. His classmates from Montana Primary School carried the coffin from the Ned Geref Sending kerk in Bishop Lavis, where about 1 500 people attended the service.
Identifier: islandora:16212

Title: Anti-VAT demonstration, Khayelitsha, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Townships
Description: Away with VAT: Protest marchers in Khayelitsha where about 20 000 people took part in an anti-VAT (Value-added tax) demonstration.
Identifier: islandora:17898

Title: Exterior, Baxter Theatre, Cape Town
Subject: Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Theater, Apartheid, University of Cape Town, Education, Architecture,
Description: Exterior of the University of Cape Town's Baxter Theatre, Rondebosch, Cape Town, designed by architect Jack Barnett in a modernist style inspired by the Scandinavian National Romantic Movement.
Identifier: islandora:16735

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