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Title: Three women at a formal event, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century,
Description: Three women pose for a portrait at a formal event in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18450

Title: The Haven, Cape Town
Subject: Homeless persons--South Africa, Urban poor--South Africa, Shelters for the homeless--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: A man climbs stairs at the Haven Night Shelter.
Identifier: islandora:5735

Title: Squatters, Hout Bay, Cape Town
Subject: Urban poor--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Temporary housing--South Africa, Dwellings--Social aspects--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Mr. Martin Anthony and his two daughters.
Identifier: islandora:5745

Title: Hostel burial society march, Malmesbury, Western Cape
Subject: Malmesbury (South Africa)--Social life and customsBurial insurance--South Africa--Malmesbury, Funeral rites and customs--South Africa,
Description: A march of members of a hostel burial society in Malmsebury in the Western Cape. They are carrying a placard which reads "Masingwa Bane Buffelsdoring Burial".
Identifier: islandora:5259

Title: Before Frances and Graeme's wedding, Cape Town
Subject: Weddings--South Africa, Social life and customs--South Africa, City dwellers--South Africa,
Description: Frances waits at the Cape Town Magistrates Court for her wedding ceremony to begin, 1992. From left to right, Tessa (Frances' mother), Ann (Graeme's mother), Frances' friend and witness, Terry.
Identifier: islandora:1389

Title: Two women posing on a rock next to the ocean. Eastern Beach, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa, Bathing suits—South Africa—20th century, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century,
Description: Two women pose on a rock next to the ocean at Eastern Beach in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18426

Title: Local corner shop, Cape Town, 1996
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa)--Social conditions, Portraits, Women--South Africa, Convenience stores--South Africa,
Description: Local corner shop, Cape Town, October 1996.
Identifier: islandora:12686

Title: Young newspaper vendor, Cape Town
Subject: Child labor--South Africa, Poor children--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Newspaper vendors--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: A child newspaper vendor stands barefoot, ready to begin the day's work before sunrise.
Identifier: islandora:5726

Title: Interior, Mier, Northern Cape
Subject: Northern Cape (South Africa)--Social conditionsDwellings--South Africa--Nortern Cape,
Description: Interior of a home in Mier in the Northern Cape.
Identifier: islandora:5217

Title: Woman brushing hair while looking in mirror, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Women--South Africa, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century, South Africa—Social conditions—1961-1994,
Description: A woman, dresseed in her underwear, brushes hair while looking in a mirror in her home in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18418

Title: Father and child on the beach, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: South Africa--Social life and customs, Men--South Africa, Women--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Cities and towns--Cape Town,
Description: A father plays with his young child on a beach in Cape Town, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18660

Title: Squatters, Hout Bay, Cape Town
Subject: Urban poor--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Temporary housing--South Africa, Dwellings--Social aspects--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Mr. Fraser Anthony, who had lived in squatter camps most of his life.
Identifier: islandora:5744

Title: Squatter settlement, Paarl East, Western Cape
Subject: Paarl (South Africa)--Social conditions, Children--South Africa--Paarl, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Paarl,
Description: Man with children in Paarl East.
Identifier: islandora:5174

Title: Lena Booysen and her family outside their Andriesvale, Northern Cape, South Africa home
Subject: Booysen, Lena, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Khomani (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Women--South Africa--Northern Cape, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Lena Booysen is Lukas Bok's cousin and remembers calling him "Lukas viertien" (fourteen) because he was so tall.
Identifier: islandora:27078

Title: Bride and groom in garden on their wedding day, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Weddings--South Africa, Women--South Africa, Men--South Africa, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century,
Description: Bride and groom in a garden on their wedding day in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18431

Title: Father Michael Lapsley, Cape Town, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Lapsley, Michael, Truth and Lies,
Description: Father Michael Lapsley, Cape Town, 1997. A New Zealander, he arrived at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 1973 and deported to Lesotho in 1976 where he joined the ANC and trained Anglican priests. In April 1990, after the release of Nelson Mandela, he received a letter bomb believed to have been sent by a government death squad. He lost an eye and both hands.
Identifier: islandora:785

Title: Exterior of a home, Mier, Northern Cape
Subject: Northern Cape (South Africa)--Social conditions, Dwellings--South Africa--Northern Cape,
Description: Exterior of a home in Mier in the Northern Cape.
Identifier: islandora:5207

Title: Founder member of the Habibis Institute and his wife, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Islamic Social Welfare Association (South Africa), ,
Description: Mr J.B. Paricar, 85, a founder member of the Habibia Institute and member of the Muslim Welfare Association, who died suddenly at his home in Athlone yesterday. He was also chairman of the Sirajul Islam Educational League of Furus. Mr Paricar leaves four sons and four daughters. / Wife's name in photgraph is not given.
Identifier: islandora:15470

Title: Unidentified house in Loubos, Northern Cape, South Africa
Subject: San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Khomani (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Dwellings, Rehoboth Basters (African people)--Dwellings, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: The residential community of Loubos, Northern Cape, South Africa, is a mixture of San and Basters (descendants of Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous African women). The houses here are near the salt pan.
Identifier: islandora:27215

Title: A couple posing intimately at a formal event, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Men--South Africa, Women--South Africa, South Africa—Social life and customs—20th century,
Description: A couple pose intimately, with his hand on her breast, at a formal event in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18451

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