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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:14963

Title: Conophytum calculus (A.Berger) N.E.Br. subsp. calculus
Subject: South Africa--Western Cape, Province of the, Aizoaceae--South Africa--Western Cape--Pictorial works, Botany--South Africa--Western Cape--Pictorial works, Vygie
Description: Botanical illustration - coloured - Conophytum calculus (A.Berger) N.E.Br. subsp. calculus. Plate 32, Mesemb. Notes, Part 3, H.M.L. Bolus 1936-58. A. Drawn from a collection made 17 miles north of Van Rhynsdorp along the main road to Nieuwerust by N.S. Pillans (6037), January 1928.
Identifier: islandora:23199

Title: Police carry protestor out of Parliament Gates, Cape Town
Subject: South Africa. Parliament, Governments, Demonstrations, Law enforcement, ,
Description: Parliament building.
Identifier: islandora:15770

Title: Epping, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Epping (Cape Town, South Africa), Industrial districts, Infrastructure
Description: Newly built bus and taxi station, Epping.
Identifier: islandora:18127

Title: Cheiridopsis derenbergiana Schwantes
Subject: South Africa--Northern Cape, Province of, Aizoaceae--South Africa--Northern Cape--Pictorial works, Botany--South Africa--Northern Cape--Pictorial works, Vygie
Description: Botanical illustration - coloured - Cheiridopsis derenbergiana. Drawn from a collection made by F.R.R. Schlechter, Richtersveld. National Botanical Garden 523/34? This material dried.
Identifier: islandora:23115

Title: Cape Town City
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Development, Traffic congestion
Description: Cape Town's most pressing problem: (Above) Cars seek refuge illegally on the Foreshore, with its many acres of vacant land.
Identifier: islandora:15077

Title: Gibbaeum sp.
Subject: South Africa--Western Cape, Province of the, Aizoaceae--South Africa--Western Cape, Botany--South Africa--Western Cape--Pictorial works, Vygie
Description: Botanical illustration - coloured - Gibbaeum sp. Drawn from a collection made by Stellenbosch University Gardens from Bellair near Bonnie Vale [Bonnievale?].
Identifier: islandora:23856

Title: Oral history interview with Mrs Dollie [ Part 1 of 1]
Subject: Forced removals, Oral history, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, Colored people (South Africa)--Relocation--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: District Six refers to a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. It is best known for the forced removal of over 60 000 of its residents by the apartheid government. This extensive sub-collection contains interviews from various projects conducted between 1985 and 2002. The majority of interviewees resided or worked in District Six prior to being forcibly removed. Themes include: children, the Coon Carnival, crime, resident’s experiences of relocation, gangs, household arrangements, jazz, marriage, mixed marriages across racial lines, music, nostalgia, recreation, religion, schooling, social and racial issues and work., Cwc2.49a.mp3: Part 1 of 1 ; 25:11 min. ; interview 49 of 208
Identifier: islandora:18831

Title: Lino print
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, art, craft, artist, San, indigenous, skill, work, print, studio, lino, ink, Linoleum block-printing, Artists--Botswana, Ghanzi District (Botswana)
Description: Artist pulling a print off an inked linoleum plate. D'Kar, Botswana.
Identifier: islandora:11882

Title: |Una Rooi and Piet Rooi connect with an unidentified member of the San Community
Subject: Rooi, |Una ; Rooi, Piet, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Khomani (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: |Una Rooi and Piet Rooi with an unidentified male standing near a road between Andriesvale and Welkom, Northern Cape, South Africa. |Una Rooi was instrumental in the data collection process for the Land Claim application. She was a fluent N|uu speaker and taught N|uu and San cultural history to children in Andriesvale, Northern Cape, South Africa, and was a member of Council of Elders. She was born in the Kalahari Gemsbok Park in 1931 and passed away in 2012. Piet Rooi married |Una Rooi In 1948 and in 1967 they were employed in the then-Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. He died a few years before her.
Identifier: islandora:27072

Title: Gibbaeum sp.
Subject: South Africa--Western Cape, Province of the, Aizoaceae--South Africa--Western Cape, Botany--South Africa--Western Cape--Pictorial works, Vygie
Description: Botanical illustration - coloured - Gibbaeum sp. Drawn from a collection made 10 miles from Laingsburg, on the farm Jakhalsfontein [Jakkalsfontein, Laingsburg District], on the road to Laingsburg by J.D. Logan, 18 May 1934.
Identifier: islandora:23850

Title: Road from Smutskraal to Patensie
Subject: Loxostylis alata--Eastern Cape (South Africa), Anacardiaceae--Eastern Cape (South Africa), Roadside plants--Eastern Cape (South Africa), Mountain plants--Eastern Cape (South Africa), Plants--Eastern Cape (South Africa), ,
Description: District: Unknown, Location: Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve., Ecology: Loxostylis alata.
Identifier: islandora:4517

Title: District Six resident, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: Doris Kavanagh ... "I don't know why they should pull the building down. It's so solid you can't knock a nail in the walls."
Identifier: islandora:17992

Title: Protesters at Oudekraal, Cape Town
Subject: Oudekraal (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Environmental activists
Description: Protesters at Oudekraal, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16119

Title: La Motte State Forest
Subject: Vegetation monitoring--Western Cape (South Africa), Plants--Western Cape (South Africa), Mountain plants--Western Cape (South Africa), Botanists--Western Cape (South Africa), ,
Description: District: Paarl, Location: La Motte State Forest., Ecology: Unknown.
Identifier: islandora:3164

Title: Different flutes
Subject: Music--Africa, Folk music--Africa, Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: The UCT Ibuyambo Orchestra - Into Esiyivileyo - What we have heard, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Identifier: islandora:28581

Title: Behind Twelve O'Clock Peak
Subject: Plants--Western Cape (South Africa), Mountain plants--Western Cape (South Africa), Mountains--Western Cape (South Africa), ,
Description: District: Swellendam, Location: Swellendam State Forest., Ecology: Scree slope.
Identifier: islandora:3819

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