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Title: Bishop Lavis Drive, Cape Town
Subject: Bishop Lavis (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Townships, Apartheid, Youth, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Coloured people (South Africa)
Description: Bishop Lavis Drive in Bishop Lavis township, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16852

Title: Cathedral of District Six, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals (South Africa), Religion, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: Top: St Mark's Anglican Church stands steadfast on the hill in District Six. A symbol of tradition for some, the church was once called the "Cathedral of District Six" and the "small Vatican", and still holds High Mass three times a month. Here, the congregation streams down the hill after a Sunday morning service. Many once lived in the now bare land of District Six.
Identifier: islandora:17989

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:14555

Title: Separate Amenities in practice, 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: Mr Larrington Dyasi is mystified. The Simon's Town handyman has been bringing his family to the beach at Simon's Town for more than a year. Now suddenly signs have been put up banning him from the beach.
Identifier: islandora:16664

Title: Monkey sits on top of a "Whites only" sign, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Segregation, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: Monkey sits on top of a "Whites only" sign, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16127

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: 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: 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: 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: 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

Title: Teargas at funeral, Gugulethu, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Guguletu (Cape Town, South Africa), Politics, Apartheid, Government, Resistance to, Funerals
Description: Pallbearers abandon the coffins and scatter as they are overcome with teargas during the funeral procession in Guguletu on Saturday.
Identifier: islandora:15132

Title: Table View , Cape Town, 1970s
Subject: Table View (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Aerial views, Urban development, City planning, Apartheid, Beaches
Description: Plot by the sea: Table View is one of the few areas in the Peninsula where one can buy a plot on the sea front and build a house. There are 1 631 plots in the area. Most of them are for sale.
Identifier: islandora:16969

Title: Home after 40 days in detention, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: Overwhelmed and relieved to be home after 40 days in detention, Helena Thornton, second from left, is given welcoming hugs from sisters Juanita, left, Dorothy, right, and her mother, Mrs Amy Thornton.
Identifier: islandora:17905

Title: Temba Lucas Tshibika acquitted of terrorism today, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Acquittals
Description: Mr Temba Lucas Tshibika ... acquitted of terrorism today.
Identifier: islandora:17617

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