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Title: Freed prisoners give the PAC salute, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Pan African Congress, Political prisoners, Historic sites
Description: Free at last: four Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) prisoners were freed yesterday after five years on Robben Island. From left to right are: Mr Elby July, Mr Michael Gqamane, Mr Jan Shobe and Mr Mlandeli Ketye (kneeling). This brings to 109 the number of prisoners freed since February 2.
Identifier: islandora:16489

Title: Freed prisoner, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments
Description: Reunion: Robben Island veteran Govan Mbeki, left, chats to Minister of Safety and Security Sydney Mufamadi and lawyer Ramesh Vassen before leaving for Robben Island.
Identifier: islandora:16502

Title: Student meeting, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Coloured people (South Africa), Black consciousness, Demonstrations
Description: Non-European Students at UWC, 1970s
Identifier: islandora:16877

Title: Photograph of General Jan Smuts, Cape Town
Subject: Muizenberg (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, Apartheid
Description: Political fable: Muizenberg, 1980. This accidental arrangement of the flag and a picture of General Jan Smuts hang against a back wall of the Sawas Hall in Muizenberg, testimony to the sometimes strange fortunes of South African politics.
Identifier: islandora:18072

Title: Nelson Mandela, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments, Media
Description: President Mandela and crew on Robben Island: Tony Bensusan, Dewald Aukena, President Mandela, Jo Menell, Angus Gibson and Amina Frense.
Identifier: islandora:16511

Title: Prison watch tower overlooking field , Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Political prisoners, Physical fitness, Historic sites
Description: On guard: A stone watch tower overlooks a rugby field that serves the maximum security prison on Robben Island.
Identifier: islandora:16488

Title: Crossroads refugees gathered at Parliament, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Demonstrations
Description: These women were in a group of about 60 Crossroads refugees who gathered at the gates of Parliament yesterday imploring that the authorities stop the killing and burning.
Identifier: islandora:17670

Title: ANC supporters, arms raised in victory, Paarl sportsground, Cape Town
Subject: Paarl (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, Post-apartheid era, African National Congress
Description: Victorious: African National Congress (ANC) supporters, arms raised in victory, celebrated at the Paarl Sports Ground yesterday after an ANC victory in the local government elections in the Boland town.
Identifier: islandora:18057

Title: Two Democratic Party youths, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, Democratic Party (South Africa), Youth
Description: Running the gauntlet: Two Democratic Party youth members, escorted by a University of the Western Cape campus control marshal, hurry from a group of students who allegedly assaulted them outside the Bellville Magistrate's Court yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:17629

Title: Robben Island coastline, Table Mountain in background, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments
Description: Sandy shore: For residents, at least the more privileged, there is this stretch of pristine beach, unspoilt by litter. The water, of course, is icy cold.
Identifier: islandora:16484

Title: Western Cape ANC leader Dr. Allan Boesak, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, African National Congress, Election campaigns, Democracy,
Description: Dr Allan Boesak campaigning for the ANC during the run-up to the 1994 democratic elections
Identifier: islandora:15890

Title: Effects of the Group Areas Act, Cape Town
Subject: Stellenbosch (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Africans, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Politics, Families
Description: Mr and Mrs Ernest Rasmeni have been refused permission to live together although they were born and grew up only a few kilometres apart in Stellenbosch.
Identifier: islandora:15852

Title: ANC members deliver memorandum to Hout Bay Police, Cape Town
Subject: Hout Bay (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Townships, Politics, African National Congress
Description: African National Congress members in uniform were among the squatter contingent who delivered a memorandum to the Hout Bay police station commander.
Identifier: islandora:15922

Title: ANC prisoners released from Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid, African National Congress
Description: Free: Some of the released African National Congress ANC) members leaving the ferry that brought them to freedom early today.
Identifier: islandora:17909

Title: Members of the crowd applaud, Cape Town
Subject: Parow (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), National Party (South Africa), Politics, Communities
Description: Herstigte Nasionale Party (HNP) meeting at Parow.
Identifier: islandora:15974

Title: Recreational area, Robben Island Prison, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Political prisoners, Physical fitness, Historic sites
Description: The recreational area at the prison on Robben Island, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16486

Title: Women's Alliance protest, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Politics, Apartheid, Women political activists
Description: Women's protest ... The newly-formed Women's Alliance protested in Government Avenue at lunchtime yesterday. From left, Ms Karen Buckingham, Ms Margot Lochrenberg and Ms Jennifer Radloff air views in three languages.
Identifier: islandora:17688

Title: Two men talking in a crowd, Cape Town
Subject: Parow (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), National Party (South Africa), Politics, Communities
Description: Herstigte Nasionale Party (HNP) meeting at Parow.
Identifier: islandora:15973

Title: Child's funeral, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Bellville (South Africa), Politics, Apartheid, Government, Resistance to, Funerals
Description: An emotional choir sings during the funeral service for Patrick Muller, 13, at the N G Sendingkerk in Bellville South. On the left is his mother, a member of the choir. He died during violence on election night.
Identifier: islandora:15136

Title: Residence, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments, Architecture, Residential buildings
Description: A residence on Robben Island, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16513

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