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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: Overcrowded Khayelitsha classroom, 1990s
Subject: Khayelitsha (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Education--South Africa, Township, Children's rights, Post-Apartheid, Africans,
Description: Heavy task: Mrs Lotta Mahlatshana teaches nearly 200 Sub A pupils at the Nomsa Mapongwana Primary School in Makhaye, Khayelitsha. Each desk is shared by at least four pupils, while many sit on the cement floor.
Identifier: islandora:15844

Title: Bergvliet Farm homestead, Bergvliet
Subject: Bergvliet (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Townships, Urban development, Housing, City planning
Description: The homestead and 26 acres of the remaining portion of Bergvliet Farm have been bought by Mr. D. A. Sales of Cape Town from the Jeffcoat Estate for £20,000. About 30 acres of the farm are unsold. The major portion of Bergvliet was bought by the Divisional Council at the end of the war for the building of Bergvliet Township.
Identifier: islandora:16841

Title: Gang hideouts, Belhar
Subject: Belhar (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Crime, Gangs, Coloured people (South Africa)
Description: A girl is dwarfed by the dunes in which gangsters hide out. People are attacked and robbed almost daily on their way to the bus and railway stations.
Identifier: islandora:16772

Title: Africans at night school
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Adult education, Apartheid, Blacks--Education--South Africa, Women, Training
Description: African woman at night school in the early 1950s, before the Department of Bantu Administration denied permission for the Cape Non-European Night Schools Association to continue running four of its ten adult night schools
Identifier: islandora:15847

Title: Political funeral
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Politics, Apartheid, Government, Resistance to, Funerals
Description: Political funerals
Identifier: islandora:15131

Title: Musketeers of the Castle Guard stand at attention in front of Delville Wood cross
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Memorials, Veterans, Apartheid
Description: Delville Wood: musketeers of the Castle Guard stand at attention in front of the Delville Wood cross (behind glass in background). In the foreground are the guests of honour, World War I veterans Commander Les Bingham (left) and Mr Reg Linden.
Identifier: islandora:14866

Title: Musketeers of the Castle Guard stand at attention in front of Delville Wood cross
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Memorials, Veterans, Apartheid
Description: Delville Wood: musketeers of the Castle Guard stand at attention in front of the Delville Wood cross (behind glass in background). In the foreground are the guests of honour, World War I veterans Commander Les Bingham (left) and Mr Reg Linden.
Identifier: islandora:14510

Title: Pro Jack funeral
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Politics, Apartheid, Government, Resistance to, Funerals
Description: Funeral of Pro Jack [an African National Congress member].
Identifier: islandora:15135

Title: Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd and members of his Cabinet
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Cabinet members, National Party (South Africa), Governments
Description: Special picture of the Nation's Cabinet was taken after the swearing-in ceremony at Government House to-day. Sitting (from left) are: Dr. T.E. Dönges (Minister of the Interior), Mr. P.O. Sauer (Minister of Lands and Water Affairs), Dr. H.F. Verwoerd (Prime Minister and Minister of Native Affairs), the Governor-General (Dr. E. G. Jansen), Mr. C. R. Swart (Minister of Justice) and Mr. E. H. Louw (Minister of External Affairs). Standing (from left) are: Mr. J. J . Serfontein (Minister of Posts and Telegraphs and Social Welfare), Mr. M.D.C de Wet Nel (Minister of Education, Arts and Science and Health), Dr. A. J. R. van Rhyn (Minister of Economic Affairs and Mines), Sen. J. de Klerk (Minister of Labour and Public Works) , Mr. B. J. Schoeman (Minister of Transport), Mr. P.M.K. le Roux (Minister of Agriculture), Mr. F.C.Erasmus (Minister of Defence and Forestry) and Mr. J.F. Naude (Minister of Finance).
Identifier: islandora:16902

Title: Bulldozers and lorries in District Six
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Forced removals, Demolition
Description: Bulldozers and lorries continue clearing operations in District Six as St Mark's Church stands forlornly in the background. The government plans to build a multi-million rand technikon for whites on the site, but the Anglican church, which owns the building, refuses to budge.
Identifier: islandora:18007

Title: Africans at night school
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Adult education, Apartheid, Blacks--Education--South Africa, Race discrimination, Training
Description: Africans at night school in the early 1950s, before the Department of Bantu Administration denied permission for the Cape Non-European Night Schools Association to continue running four of its ten adult night schools
Identifier: islandora:15846

Title: Swearing in of new Ministers in the Tricameral Parliament
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Cabinet ministers, National Party (South Africa), Governments
Description: At the swearing-in of the new Cabinet were, from left in the foreground, Mr A A Julies, Minister of the Budget in the Ministers' Council of the House of Representatives, the Rev Allan Hendrickse, chairman of that Ministers' Council of the House and Mr A A Venter, Minister of Local Government, Housing and Works in the Ministers' Council of the House of Assembly. Facing Mr Hendrickse across the table is Mr Amichand Rajbansi, chairman of the Ministers' Council of the House of Delegates.
Identifier: islandora:16926

Title: Petrol-bombed township advice during the second (1988-1990) State of Emergency
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), State of Emergency, Political persecution, Apartheid, Hostels, Migrant labour
Description: Bombed: A hostel dweller with what he believes is a piece of the petrol bomb that destroyed the advice office of the Western Cape Hostel Dwellers' Association. The room behind him is a crèche and play centre.
Identifier: islandora:15838

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