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Title: Firemen putting out burning tires, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Disasters, Fires, Apartheid, Fire departments
Description: Firemen putting out burning tires, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:14934

Title: Principal of Noxolo School at Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Youth, Education
Description: Mrs A.N. Mene, principal of the Noxolo School at Crossroads, teaches her Std 5 class. The school was built by the Urban Foundation in co-operation with the Crossroads residents. Money is now required to buy desks for two recently added classrooms at the school.
Identifier: islandora:17542

Title: Fishing industry, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Fishing, Crayfish industry, Recreation, Ocean, Seafood
Description: Manual Moniz on Seafarer: crayfishing industry.
Identifier: islandora:15030

Title: Men carry the coffin of a dead youth, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Grief, Youth, Law enforcement
Description: About 1 500 people attended the funeral service yesterday for Miss Shirley September, 14, who was allegedly shot last Tuesday by a policeman acting as an armed guard to an ambulance. Here, the coffin is carried through the crowd which overflowed into the street outside St Paul's Church in Lavender Hill, Retreat.
Identifier: islandora:16190

Title: Leaving for the Antarctic, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Exploration and discovery, Research, Polar regions
Description: Southward Bound. The South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) research and support team which left Cape Town yesterday, (front row from left) Mr Des Griggs, Mr Greg Duvill, Gr Fred van der Merwe, Mr Bun Booysens, (second row) Mr Jannie van der Merwe, Mr Rod Alexander, Mr Pieter Greyling, Mr Eddie Barlett, (third row) Mr Adriaan van Zyl, Mr Philip Slier, Mr Stephen Irons, Mr Bruce Duvenhage, (back row) Mr Andrew Walton and Mr Christo van Rensburg.
Identifier: islandora:16671

Title: Cape Show, Goodwood, Cape Town
Subject: Goodwood (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Agricultural shows, Entertainment, Women, Youth
Description: Round and round they go - one of the attractions at the Cape Showground, Goodwood, next week will be a hula-hoop competition. It should revive many memories of the early 1960s when the craze swept South Africa. Starting off the competition with a shapely wiggle will be (from left), Erika Spies, 15, Debbie Coetzee, 17, Antoinette de Wet, 20, and Lizette Totos, 17.
Identifier: islandora:16983

Title: Winchester House on fire, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Disasters, Fires, Apartheid
Description: Flames leap from a window on the top floor of Winchester House in Long Street today as a fireman on a hydraulic platform directs a water jet on to the fire which spread from blazing wooden rafters in the roof.
Identifier: islandora:14568

Title: Apartheid beach signage, Cape Town
Subject: Simon's Town (Cape of Good Hope, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Separate Amenities Act, 1953, Race discrimination, Segregation, Apartheid signage
Description: Simonstown beach reserved for whites only in the apartheid era
Identifier: islandora:16654

Title: Films and filmmaking, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Motion pictures, Apartheid
Description: Films and filmmaking, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:14925

Title: Table Bay Power Station, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Electric industries, Demolitions
Description: The grand old lady of the Foreshore is finally to make way for a more modern development after a stay of execution of several years during which supporters and detractors debated her merits and shortcomings. The City Council has accepted a R1,5-million tender for the demolition of the Table Bay Power Station, one of the city's most familiar landmarks and operations are expected to start next month.
Identifier: islandora:18125

Title: District Six residents receive communion, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Religion
Description: Father Basil Van Rensburg gives Mr Paddy Kavanagh and his wife, Doris, communion at their home in District Six.
Identifier: islandora:17983

Title: People sit and listen to a musical performance, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, Performance
Description: Taking a musical break: Speakers at the launch listen to the songs. From the right are veteran anti-apartheid activist Mrs Helen Joseph, Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference, Dr F. Van Zyl Slabbert of the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (Idasa), Mrs Angeline Biddie of the George Civic Association, Mrs Amy Thornton, chairman of the Cape Democrats, and Mr John Greene, the vice-chairman.
Identifier: islandora:15966

Title: District Six, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid
Description: District Six, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:18022

Title: Burnt-down church, KTC, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Clergy,
Description: The Rev. Simon Giqa in front of the destroyed methodist church in KTC. He holds some of the affidavits.
Identifier: islandora:17577

Title: Winchester House on fire, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Disasters, Fires, Apartheid
Description: Flames leap from a window on the top floor of Winchester House in Long Street today as a fireman on a hydraulic platform directs a water jet on to the fire which spread from blazing wooden rafters in the roof.
Identifier: islandora:14942

Title: Ruined house in District Six, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Children, Housing
Description: A ruined house in District Six, half open to the sky, is the 'home' in which Mr and Mrs E. Rolfe, seen here with their youngest child Charlene are trying to bring up a family. Mrs Rolfe is expecting another child next month.
Identifier: islandora:17982

Title: Marching band, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Festivals, Apartheid, Culture, Music, Coloured people (South Africa)
Description: Boys in the band: Moslem bagpipe band, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16745

Title: Women protest for the release of political prisoners, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Demonstrations
Description: Women protest for the release of political prisoners, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16109

Title: Land that was to be used for a township is now on sale, Cape Town
Subject: Property, Landscapes, Environment, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), ,
Description: This 9 hectare Milnerton site, with planning permission for a township of about 200 houses, is coming on the market and expected to realise about R1-m.
Identifier: islandora:15301

Title: District Six resident faces eviction, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals (South Africa), Housing, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: The threat of eviction from District Six clouds the Christmas season for Mrs Margaret Gesant, 74, seen here with her granddaughter, Mrs Eileen Europa, who also faces eviction with her five children.
Identifier: islandora:17986

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