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Title: Aerial view of dredging operations at Rietvlei, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Infrastructure, Landscapes, Real estate development, Engineering
Description: Dredging operations at Rietvlei, just beyond the racecourse at Milnerton, from where sand is being pumped through a pipeline to the site at Paarden Eiland where extensions to the Table Bay docks are being undertaken.
Identifier: islandora:16172

Title: Vredehoek residents, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Vredehoek (Cape Town, South Africa), Disasters, Fires
Description: Hose-down: Vredehoek residents, faces muffled against choking smoke, watch anxiously as the fire that destroyed about 300 hectares of fynbos sweeps towards their property.
Identifier: islandora:14585

Title: Lighthouse, Cape Point, Cape Town
Subject: Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Lighthouses, Navigation, Shipping, Accidents
Description: Stairway up to the lighthouse at Cape Point Nature Reserve
Identifier: islandora:17011

Title: Pharmacy, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Suburbs, Buildings, Roads, Infrastructure, Residential buildings
Description: Constantia budget cinema and the Savoy Pharmacy, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16597

Title: Agricultural land scheduled for housing development, Bergvliet, Cape Town
Subject: Bergvliet (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Townships, Urban development, Apartheid, Whites, Environment
Description: Tasting the grapes. The Old Mutual is undertaking another residential township project at Bergvliet, Cape. Some 100 building plots are planned. Ninety will be laid out on what is now farmland. Here Maureen Hodgson, Carol Waylett and Joan Opperman are tasting the grapes.
Identifier: islandora:16848

Title: Epping, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Epping Industria (Cape Town, South Africa), Industrial districts, Infrastructure
Description: Aerial view, Epping Industrial site, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:18130

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: Rondebosch, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Environment, Land, Nature, Animals, Suburbs
Description: The land of sunshine and something. Wildebeest in Rondebosch.
Identifier: islandora:16600

Title: Crossroads march, Cape Town
Subject: Nyanga (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Demonstrations
Description: Crossroads march. Supporters of Old Crossroads headman Mr Geoffrey Nongwe march to Nyanga police station yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:17584

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:14963

Title: Epping, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Epping (Cape Town, South Africa), Industrial districts, Infrastructure
Description: Newly built bus and taxi station, Epping.
Identifier: islandora:18127

Title: Cape Town City
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Development, Traffic congestion
Description: Cape Town's most pressing problem: (Above) Cars seek refuge illegally on the Foreshore, with its many acres of vacant land.
Identifier: islandora:15077

Title: District Six resident, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: Doris Kavanagh ... "I don't know why they should pull the building down. It's so solid you can't knock a nail in the walls."
Identifier: islandora:17992

Title: Protesters at Oudekraal, Cape Town
Subject: Oudekraal (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Environmental activists
Description: Protesters at Oudekraal, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16119

Title: Arrested Rastafarian who supported unemployed workers, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations
Description: Arrested: A Rastafarian protester is arrested after turning out to support unemployed workers in Burg Street yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:17899

Title: People crouch to help a man injured, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Weapons, Law enforcement, Wounds and injuries
Description: A man grimaces in pain as he is given first aid after being wounded by riot police when they opened fire on a crowd stoning a truck in Halt Road. Elsie's River, yesterday afternoon. The man was discovered a few blocks from the scene in Faure Street, where he collapsed. He gave his name as Mr Louis Fisher, of Alard Street, Clarke's Estate, Elsies River.
Identifier: islandora:16182

Title: People protest in a train station, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Demonstration
Description: People protest in a train station, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16156

Title: Protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Apartheid, South African Police, Youth
Description: Part of a group of about 250 protesters move along Sir Lowry Road before their protest march was stopped by police at the intersection at Darling Street today.
Identifier: islandora:17720

Title: Homeless women, Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Women, Homeless persons
Description: Homeless Crossroads women wait at Parliament yesterday while four of them met Mr Chris Heunis to plead for rebuilding of their homes.
Identifier: islandora:17581

Title: Officers of Prince Alfred's Own Cape Volunteer Artillery, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, Civil war, British Army, Armed forces,
Description: Three officers of Prince Alfred's Own Cape Volunteer Artillery.
Identifier: islandora:15938

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