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Title: Site of new Southern Sun hotel, Strand Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Development, Architecture, Demolition, Tourism
Description: Corner of Burg and Strand Streets is to be the site of a Southern Sun Hotel.
Identifier: islandora:17208

Title: Closure of Stuttafords department store, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Economic recession, Economy, Urban development, Architecture
Description: The site was sold after flagging sales caused the branch to run at a loss. The company will continue to operate from Cavendish Square in Claremont.
Identifier: islandora:17035

Title: Malay Quarter restoration, Cape Town, 1965
Subject: Bo-Kaap (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Architecture, Local government
Description: Malay Quarter visit: members of the City Council's Finance and General Purpose Committee and other councillors yesterday inspected the two sections of the Malay Quarter where the Minister of Community Development, Mr P. W. Botha, is insisting that houses be reconstructed and restored on traditional lines. The committee will discuss the matter on Tuesday. Facing the camera in this picture taken in Wale Street with some of the affected properties in the back ground, are (left to right) Mrs J. Newton Thompson, Mr W. J. Peters, the Mayor, Mr H. M. Bowman, Mr F. Sonnenberg, Mr W. H. Andrag, Mrs E. D. Stott and, in the background, Mrs J. J. J. Bakker, chairman of the Housing Committee.
Identifier: islandora:17226

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