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Title: Last meeting of Ministers' Council, House of Representatives, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Cabinet ministers, National Party (South Africa), Governments
Description: For Old Time's Sake: Minister of Housing Gerald Morkel, Minister's Council chairman Jac Rabie, Minister of Sport Abe Williams and Minister of Education and Culture Pieter Saaiman drink a toast on the last meeting of the minister's council of the House of Representatives.
Identifier: islandora:16928

Title: Verwoerd speaks to a room full of council members, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics
Description: Tom Swartz - stooge to a White Government or leader of a separate race? The new council will provide the answer. Here Mr Swartz listens with downcast eyes as Dr Hendrik Verwoerd, late Prime Minister of South Africa, outlines plans for the Coloured people to the former Council for Coloured Affairs in 1961.
Identifier: islandora:15992

Title: Divisional Council offices, Atlantis, Cape Town
Subject: Atlantis (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Coloured Labour Preference Area Policy (South Africa), Local government, Demonstrations
Description: Angry crowds outside the offices of the Divisional Council in Atlantis, the dormitory suburb built for Coloured people outside Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16713

Title: Municipal Council of Johannesburg 1910
Subject: Johannesburg Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: The areas shown on this map of the municipality of Johannesburg include Paardekraal, Waterval no.19, Braamfontein no.127, Middel-Fontein no.128, Langlaagte no.129, Mooifontein no.130, Vierfontein no.131, Ormonde no.134, Turffontein no.135, Klipfontein no. 139, Doornfontein no.140, Klipriversberg no.141 and Cyferfontein no. 380. Concentric circles, creating range rings of 1 mile each, radiate from the city centre from 1 mile to 6 mile radii, from Randjeslaagte to the municipal boundary. The map also shows the municipal boundary, names of suburbs, street names, electric tramways, parks, mynpachts and other mine claims, mining operations, cemeteries, the show ground, clubs, the Oval, sewerage operations and installations, dams and other waterways (e.g. rivers)., Bar scale given in Cape feet and English feet.
Identifier: islandora:19755

Title: The Coloured Representative Council (CRC) building, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Gardens, Architecture, Landscapes
Description: Coloured Representative Council building - symbol of apartheid.
Identifier: islandora:16002

Title: Dear old Grandpa ' Twenty-five years on the City Council housing list and they've finally given him a plot.
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--1994- --Caricatures and cartoons, Housing policy--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: A sad comment on Cape Town's housing backlog where people sometimes spent a lifetime on the waiting list.Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6127

Title: Crossroads Council of Churches Chairman, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Clergy
Description: Bishop Sydney Myilikazi - chairman of Crossroads Council of Churches.
Identifier: islandora:17595

Title: Members of the Coloured Representative Council, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics
Description: Coloured Representative Council (CRC). Here are 58 of the 60 members of the CRC, pictured during the first sitting last year. Front row )from left): P.J. Pietersen (Wupperthal), Mrs M.M. Gabriels (nominated), S.S. Cloete (Steinkopf), A.C. Jacobs (O.F.S. North, W.J. Louw (Protea), G. du Preez (Swartberg), W.J. Bergins (nominated), L.W. Holander (Karoo), T.R. Swartz (nominated), I.S. Petersen (nominated), P.T. Sanders (O.F.S. South), S.M. Brown (Haarlem), M.D. Arendse (Tafelberg), J.E. Nash (Eastern Cape), E.G. Rooks (Greenwood Park), G.J. Fortuin (Breerivier), Mrs Nora Potts (Outeniqua), M.T. Fakier (Southern Cape), E.D. Dunn (Natal Country), F.E. Peters (Heideveld), E. Domindo (Rust-Ter-Vaal). Second Row (From left): H.J. Coverdale (Northern Transvaal), D.S. Habelgaarn (nominated), J.A. Rabie (Reigerpark), J. Poley (nominated), J.A. Ferris (nominated), E.C. Swales (nominated), G.I. Julies (Gelvandale), L.S. Leon (Diamant), A. Stanley (Liesbeek), W.D. Plaatjies (O.F.S. Central), W.E. Johannes (Kasselsvlei), P.J.J. Meyer (Genadendal). Third row (from left): J. Muller (nominated), S.P.J. Smith (Adendorp), J.C. Inglis (nominated), W.J. Swarts (Witwatersrand), A.J.L. Winnaar (nominated), A.A.S. le Fleur (nominated), Solly Essop (Bokkeveld), W. Pieterse (nominated), J.D. Pietersen (Rietvlei), J.C. Osthuizen (Mamre), W.J. Meyer (Bonteheuwel), Dr. R.H Arende (Berg Rivier), V. Sass (Elisiesrivier). Fourth row (From left): A. Adams (nominated), P. Swartz (Nominated), D.E. September (nominated), P.J. Jacobs (nominated), W.S. Africa (nominated), Dr. C.C. Pilcher (nominated), E.F. Jones (Strandfontein), H.J. Hendrickse (Bethelsdorp), F.W. Theron Kalahari), N.S. Middleton (Wentworth), L.V. du Preez (Newclare), J.L. Segers (Fissh River). Absent: D.M.G. Curry (Pniel), M.B. Savahl (nominated). Nominated members are those appointed to the council by the government.
Identifier: islandora:16000

Title: Professor Chris Barnard studies the University Council's Gold Medal of Merit, Cape Town
Subject: Barnard, Christiaan, 1922-2001, Surgeons--South Africa, University of Cape Town--Awards
Description: Gold Medal: Prof. Chris Barnard studies the University Council's Gold Medal of Merit which was presented to him at UCT's [University of Cape Town] mid-year graduation ceremony yesterday. The heat surgeon us the first recipient of the new award for outstanding achievement.
Identifier: islandora:14805

Title: B.J. Vorster and Indian Council
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics
Description: B.J. Vorster and Indian Council.
Identifier: islandora:15990

Title: Council flats, Kew Town
Subject: Poor children--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Public housing--South Africa, Dwellings--Social aspects--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Children play outside their council flat homes.
Identifier: islandora:5711

Title: Men taking care of the Coloured Representative Council's (CRC) gardens, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Gardens, Architecture
Description: Two of the Coloured Representative Council's (CRC) 12 full-time gardeners tend the flower beds at the unused council building.
Identifier: islandora:16001

Title: Divisional council workers divert flooding, Cape Town
Subject: Elsies River (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Housing, Floods, Apartheid
Description: Many Elsie's River houses, like this one, were threatened with flooding by Saturday's heavy downpour. Here, Divisional Council workers divert the dammed-up water by digging a canal around the house.
Identifier: islandora:18106

Title: Members of the Coloured Representative Council (CRC) being sworn in, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics
Description: The chief magistrate of Cape Town (Mr J.W. Van Greunen) administers the oath or affirmation to a group of members of the Coloured Representative Council (CRC) at its inaugural session in Bellville today. On the extreme right of the group (standing) is Mr Tom Swartz, leader of the Federal Party. The 60 members of the council went in groups of six to be sworn in soon after the start of the session.
Identifier: islandora:15988

Title: Members of the Coloured Representative Council (CRC) sit and smile for the camera, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Travel
Description: Mr Tom Swartz, leader of the Coloured Representative Council (CRC), and members of the CRC Executive left Cape Town by air today for talks with Cabinet Ministers in Pretoria tomorrow. The executive will be joined in Johannesburg by another four CRC members who will make up the rest of the nine-member delegation. From left are Mr P.J. Pietersen (local government), Mr S.S. Cloete (rural areas), Mr Swartz, Mr W.J. Louw (welfare and pensions) and Mr W.J. Bergins (education).
Identifier: islandora:15993

Title: Demonstration against local councils, Durban, 1981
Subject: Local government, Demonstrations, Community activists, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Residents of Newlands East township demonstrate against government-nominated town councilors in Durban 1981. Because local councils were imposed on the people of the townships by the apartheid government, the residents, for the most part, refused to support them.
Identifier: islandora:887

Title: Chairman of Crossroads Council of Churches, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid
Description: The chairman of the Crossroads Council of Churches, Bishop Sydney Mzilikazi of the Jerusalem Church, addresses a group of predominantly Afrikaans churchmen who visited Crossroads yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:17525

Title: Council members sit around a table having a meeting, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics
Description: Committee of the Coloured Representative Council (CRC) after registration of S. Leon.
Identifier: islandora:15982

Title: Party members arrive for the council's opening session, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics
Description: Party members arrive for the council's opening session, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15985

Title: Party members arrive for the council's opening session, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics
Description: Federal Party members arrive at the Committee of the Coloured Representative Council (CRC) today for the official opening of the council's third session at Bellville. From left (front): Mr Peter Swartz, administrative secretary of the party, Mr Tom Swartz, leader of the party and chairman of the CRC executive, and Dr C.C. Pilcher, chief whip.
Identifier: islandora:15983

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