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Title: Policemen stand around armoured vehicle, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Law enforcement, Civil unrest, Protection, Weapons, Motorcars
Description: Policemen stand around armoured vehicle, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15955

Title: Flower sellers, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Street vendors, Plants, Informal sector (Economics), Flower vending
Description: Cape Town flower sellers.
Identifier: islandora:15051

Title: Cheiridopsis rostrata (L.) N.E.Br.
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 - Cheiridopsis rostrata. Dissected drawing of flower included. Drawn from a collection made at Yzerfontein, near Darling [Malmesbury District] by N.S. Pillans(sub-National Botanical Garden 1120/31). Length of petal 1.6 cm; Width of petal 2.5 mm; Stamens 5 mm; Across disc 5 mm; Stigma 2.5 mm.
Identifier: islandora:23148

Title: Gibbaeum nebrownii Tischer
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 nebrownii Tischer. Dissected drawing of flower included. Drawn from a collection made by J. Muir (sub-National Botanical Garden 2663/27) in the type locality which flowered in April 1931. [Type locality: Little Karroo (Eierpoort, Dammetjies in slate banks].
Identifier: islandora:23826

Title: Flaming tyres barricade a street in Guguletu, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Law enforcement
Description: Black youths stand in front of a flaming barricade as a taxi attempts to drive through. Police in an ambush in Guguletu township outside Cape Town had earlier killed seven alleged guerrilla fighters.
Identifier: islandora:16240

Title: Cederberg Wilderness Area
Subject: Widdringtonia cedarbergensis--Western Cape (South Africa), Cupressaceae--Western Cape (South Africa), Plants--Western Cape (South Africa), Mountain plants--Western Cape (South Africa), Trees--Western Cape (South Africa), ,
Description: District: Clanwilliam, Location: Cederberg Wilderness Area., Ecology: Widdringtonia cedarbergensis.
Identifier: islandora:4225

Title: University of Cape Town workers gather in preparation to protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Civil unrest
Description: Coloured and African workers at University of Cape Town (UCT) held a demonstration yesterday to "show fellow feeling with those killed and injured and with their relatives".
Identifier: islandora:16261

Title: Drosanthemum delicatulum (L.Bolus) Schwantes
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 - Drosanthemum delicatulum (L.Bolus ) Schwantes. Drawn from a collection made in the Karroo [Ladismith District] by R.H. Compton (3822), November 1931. About 9 inches high and from the veld.
Identifier: islandora:23515

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Cango-Cave 1, Outdshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting of a human figure in faded red.
Identifier: islandora:21740

Title: Oral history interview with Gary Kriel, a bassist [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, Kriel, Gary, Jazz musicians--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews, Bassist--South Africa--Western Cape--Interviews,
Description: This is one interview in a collection of interviews composed of the life histories of twenty Cape Town jazz musicians. Some of the themes explored are the effects of apartheid in the music scene in the 1950's and 1960's; priorities of recording labels; music reception across social groupings in District Six and the extensive influence of American jazz. Music genres referred to span big band, the avant garde, bebop, dance, jive, marabi, township jazz, goema and Latin., Amu1.12a.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 31:15 min ; interview 12 of 23
Identifier: islandora:24591

Title: Riviersonderend 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: Unknown, Location: Riversonderend State Forest., Ecology: Unknown.
Identifier: islandora:3261

Title: Blomfontein development, Elim
Subject: Blomfontein (Elim, South Africa), Farms--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Western Cape--Designs and plans,
Description: Blomfontein, Elim, Western Cape. Landscape sketch-plan of the farm werf precinct. Hand-drawn in ink on tracing paper., Plan: scale 1:250(?)
Identifier: islandora:22318

Title: Drosanthemum 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 - Drosanthemum sp. Dissected drawing of flower included. Drawn from a collection made 9 miles from Tweedside [Worcester/Ceres/Laingsburg District] by G.A. Davis, (sub-National Botanical Garden 2524/32).
Identifier: islandora:23672

Title: Glottiphyllum depressum (Haw.) N.E.Br.
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 - Glottiphyllum depressum (Haw.) N.E.Br. Dissected drawing of flower included. Drawn from a collection made near Barrydale [Swellendam District] by P.R. Frames (sub-National Botanical Garden 2246/26). Part of the illustration was added on the 11 April 1929.
Identifier: islandora:23867

Title: Muslim community demonstrates, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Religion
Description: City demonstration - About 70 members of the Muslim community demonstrated yesterday outside the Monte Carlo Cinema on the Foreshore where the city's first Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is being staged.
Identifier: islandora:17845

Title: Zionism protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Politics
Description: Zionism protest, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17856

Title: Delosperma hollandii L.Bolus
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 - Delosperma hollandii L.Bolus. Dissected drawing of flower included plus attached capsule. Drawn of collection made at/near Albertsdale [Riversdale District; by J. Muir (sub-Bolus Herbarium 17564).
Identifier: islandora:23511

Title: A domestic worker speaks out, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Labour, Domestic workers, Apartheid
Description: Mrs Hester George: "I think it is really disgusting because we, as domestic workers, are denied our private lives."
Identifier: islandora:18034

Title: Nuweberg State Forest
Subject: Vegetation monitoring--Western Cape (South Africa), Plants--Western Cape (South Africa), Botanists--Western Cape (South Africa), ,
Description: District: Unknown, Location: Nuweberg State Forest., Ecology: Unknown.
Identifier: islandora:4311

Title: Carpobrotus sp.
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 - Carpobrotus sp. Dissected drawing of flower included. Drawn from a collection made Rivier Zonder Einde [Riviersonderend, Caledon District by Neethling (sub-National Botanical Garden 602/24). Diameter of flower 9.6 cm; Stamen 8 mm; Petal up to 4.5 cm; Width up to 3 mm. Nearest Carpobrotus virescens, differs in having 5 sepals and 13 stigmas. Agrees in having slender stigmas and white-based petals.
Identifier: islandora:22989

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