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Title: Princess Vlei, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Princess Vlei (South Africa), Recreation, Fishing
Description: Looking across Princess Vlei, a paradise for fishermen.
Identifier: islandora:16582

Title: Day of the Vow gathering, Cape Town
Subject: Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Afrikaner Nationalism, Apartheid, Memorials, Culture, Religion
Description: Niggie Sante Burger, foreground, of the Aandster Volkspele circle, Bellville, was among the 500 people who attended a Day of the Vow gathering on the Groote Schuur estate today. The Minister of Co-operation and Development, Dr Piet Koornhof, delivered an address and members of the Voortrekker youth movement out a tableau. A number of people were dressed in traditional Voortrekker outfits.
Identifier: islandora:16634

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:14584

Title: Mass Democratic Movement protest against beach apartheid, Cape Town
Subject: Strand (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Apartheid, South African Police, South Africa. Separate Amenities Act, 1953, Mass Democratic Movement (South Africa)
Description: People at the beach at Strand today where the Mass Democratic Movement planned a protest against beach apartheid.
Identifier: islandora:17719

Title: Mothers calling for alternative military service, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Conscientious objection, South African Defence Force, Apartheid
Description: Give our sons a choice - Mrs Avril Hoepner of Wynberg clutched her two-year-old son, Mathew, while speaking yesterday at a St. George's Cathedral press conference held by mothers calling for alternative military service for their sons.
Identifier: islandora:18095

Title: Spoornet employee after his vehicle was stoned, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Townships
Description: Shaken ... Spoornet employee Mr E.M. Laubscher after his vehicle was stoned by youths in Landsdowne Road near Gugulethu and Crossroads. His assistant was not hurt.
Identifier: islandora:17826

Title: Passengers board a flight to Windhoek from Cape Town in 1970
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town International Airport, Apartheid, Travel, Weather
Description: Passengers show their seating cards at the gate before boarding the plane bound for Windhoek at 10.10 this morning. This was the first plane to leave D.F.Malan Airport since late yesterday afternoon. The Airways terminal was crowded with more than 300 would-be travellers this morning, waiting for the fog to lift.
Identifier: islandora:15879

Title: Victoria Dock in Table Bay, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town Harbour (South Africa), History, Ships
Description: This flashback to 1936 shows the Victoria Dock in Table Bay, the northern portion of which the Railways now contemplate closing. At the East Pier is the Stirling Castle loading for Britain, at No. 7 Quay (to her left) is the Dunbar Castle, at No. 2 Jetty is the Italian steamer Sabbia engaged on the round-African service, and at No. 6 Quay on the left is the Hamburg-America line steamer, Rendsbuurg, on her way to Australia. Entering port is the African Maru from Rio, and at the South Arm is the Windsor Castle shortly before being re-engined and given two funnels. Waiting in the Bay is the Clan Urquhart, at the time one of the largest refrigerated ships in the world.
Identifier: islandora:17951

Title: Two punk-rock performers pose for the camera, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Rock music, Cosmetics
Description: Shoppers stopped and stared in disbelief yesterday when these two "punk-rock" performers popped into an Adderley Street button shop to stock up on safety pins. The one on the left is male and called Guillaume, while the other is Andrea Fine. Both are appearing in the "cartoon rock opera", Zombie, now playing at a Cape Town theatre.
Identifier: islandora:16122

Title: Buildings on fire, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Disasters, Fires
Description: Buildings on fire, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:14562

Title: Children, Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Youth
Description: Children at Crossroads, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17544

Title: Riot policemen fire at protesters, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Weapons, Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Description: Riot policemen fire at protesters, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16269

Title: Woman speaks at a protest against police brutality, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Law enforcement Demonstrations, Violence
Description: Woman speaks at a protest against police brutality, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16104

Title: Civic Centre, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Buildings, Civil society, Local government, Architecture
Description: The Civic Centre at Bellville where the annual congress of the Cape Western Regional Publicity Association will be opened by the Mayor of Bellville, Mr. W. J. Bezuidenhout, to-day. The Civic Centre contains a civic theatre, council chamber and administrative offices. A city hall will be added in 1967. The "Cape Times" will publish next Wednesday, November 4, a special supplement on the great progress that has been made in recent years at Bellville.
Identifier: islandora:16785

Title: Gala Week procession, Bellville,Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Festivals, Culture, Women, Afrikaners
Description: A car full of beautiful girls is signalling the beginning of the gala week held in Bellville recently.
Identifier: islandora:16798

Title: Rondebosch, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), City planning, Urban parks, Real estate development, Urban development, Building
Description: This is the Rondebosch Camp Ground position as the Wanderer saw it from the air. The new parkway excavations down the east side will reduce the commonage by 1-11th. True villagers are fighting for the inviolability of the ground as laid down in the Church Land Act of 1909.
Identifier: islandora:16615

Title: Transport and General Workers' Union march to Parliament, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, South African Police, Labor unions
Description: Demonstrations - Trade unions. Disgruntled workers: Members of the Transport and General Workers' Union marched to parliament today to hand over memoranda to several ministers about the state of the passenger transport sector and the contract cleaning sector.
Identifier: islandora:17745

Title: Little girl asks for the release of her father, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Labor unions
Description: Leila Issel, 8, with a placard calling for the release of her father, detained trade unionist Johnny Issel.
Identifier: islandora:17806

Title: Apartheid-era whites-only restaurant at D.F. Malan Airport, Cape Town, in the 1970s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town International Airport, Apartheid, Airlines--Food service, Segregation, Architecture
Description: Restaurant at D.F.Malan Airport during the apartheid era. This restaurant was reserved for whites only.
Identifier: islandora:15878

Title: Foreshore, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), circa 1957, Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development, Buildings
Description: Foreshore
Identifier: islandora:15104

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