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Title: Elderly woman knitting, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: An elderly woman sits and knits at a table in her home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18517

Title: Woman walks past City hall with PFP signage next to her, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Progressive Federal Party (South Africa)
Description: Caught between posters and police, a prospective voter looks for a way in at the City Hall polling station today.
Identifier: islandora:16010

Title: Woman protests army occupation, Soweto, 1985
Subject: Military occupation, Women--Political activity, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: A lone woman protests against the presence of troops in Soweto. Women played a significant role against the army's occupation of the townships. In Chesterville, a township near Durban, women patrolled the streets nightly to protect families from security force and vigilante harassment.
Identifier: islandora:909

Title: Zulu woman wearing braids and headdress
Subject: Women--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--South Africa--Clothing,
Description: A Zulu woman poses for a portrait wearing a traditional braided headdress and beaded necklace.
Identifier: islandora:18339

Title: San woman
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, portrait, woman, San, indigenous, hut, sticks, San (African people)--Relocation--South Africa, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (South Africa)
Description: A San woman, one of the last of the San who defied their removal from the Kalahari Gemsbok Park, South Africa. Kauduma, Kalahari Gemsbok Park.
Identifier: islandora:12041

Title: Pregnant woman stand holding her two kids hands, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Discrimination, ,
Description: Heavily pregnant: Mrs Nomaliso Mthensi appeared in the Langa Commissioners Court yesterday with her two children clinging to her skirts. Here, she leaves the court after paying a fine of R70 for Pass Law offences.
Identifier: islandora:15796

Title: San woman
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, woman, portrait, hut, thatch, settlement, San (African people)--Relocation--South Africa, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (South Africa)
Description: A San woman, one of the last of the San who defied their removal from the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:12036

Title: Black woman petrol attendant, Parow, Cape Town
Subject: Parow (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Labour, Apartheid, Women, Influx control, Transport,
Description: An African petrol attendant, one of six employed on the same driveway, fills up at a BP service station in Parow.
Identifier: islandora:15873

Title: Woman posing for a portrait holding a plant, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century,
Description: A woman poses for a portrait holding a plant in a garden in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18445

Title: Young woman playing tennis
Subject: Women--South Africa, South Africa—Social conditions—1961-1994, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century,
Description: A young woman plays tennis dressed all in white in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18460

Title: Woman selling pillows with her child, Mai Mai market, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa--Johannesburg, Children--South Africa--Johannesburg, Markets--South Africa--Johannesburg, City dwellers--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: A woman and her child sell pillows at the Mai Mai market in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18593

Title: Woman at the Mai Mai Hostel, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa--Johannesburg, City dwellers--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: A woman at the Mai Mai hostel in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18591

Title: Woman with baby on her back, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Mothers--South Africa--Johannesburg, Children--South Africa--Johannesburg, Johannesburg (South Africa)--Social conditions, City dwellers--South Africa--Johannesburg
Description: A woman carries her baby on her back on the streets of central Johannesburg in South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18607

Title: Three woman and a man pose with big smiles in front of a train, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa, Men--South Africa, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century,
Description: Three woman and a man pose with big smiles in front of a train, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18436

Title: Woman on roof of building, Hillbrow, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa--Johannesburg, City dwellers--South Africa--Johannesburg, Hillbrow (johannesburg, South Africa)--Social conditions
Description: A woman sits on the roof of a building in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18556

Title: Woman holds a tissue as she cries over the loss of her son, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Grief, Youth, Law enforcement
Description: Mrs Elizabeth Fortuin weeps over the death of her son Bernard, 15, who was shot dead by police in Halt Road, Elsie's River, yesterday. Bernard, a standard five pupil, was one of two youths shot dead when police opened fire on a stone throwing crowd.
Identifier: islandora:16179

Title: Zulu man and woman posing for a portrait
Subject: Women--South AFrica, Men--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--South Africa--Clothing,
Description: A zulu woman dressed in traditional clothing poses next to a Zulu man dressed in western clothing for a self-commissioned studio portrait.
Identifier: islandora:18336

Title: School' woman
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Young women--South Africa--Eastern Cape, School children--South Africa--Eastern Cape--
Description: Portrait of a young 'school' woman. Notice the suitcase, tie and well-shined shoes.
Identifier: islandora:5459

Title: Man and woman in front of PFP campaign signage, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political campaigns, Progressive Federal Party (South Africa)
Description: L. van Zyl Slabbert and Mrs Barbara Sandler in front of Progressive Federal Party (PFP) signage.
Identifier: islandora:16009

Title: Woman pushing her child in a pram, South Africa
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions, South Africa--Social life and customs, Women--South Africa, Mothers--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Boys--South Africa,
Description: A woman pushes her young boy in a pram on the pavement in South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18624

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