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Title: View from the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town, South Africa), Colonialism, Architecture, Marching bands
Description: View of the City Hall from the ramparts of the Castle, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:17105

Title: Man holds onto the wire mesh that separates him from a waterslide, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Segregation, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: Apartheid / Mr Abubakar Abdol, of Parkwood Estate, looks through the wire mesh at the water slide at Muizenberg which he may not use. The slide is the only facility in the pavilion area not open to all races. The owner says he is not willing to risk prosecution and will only open the slide to all when the law is changed.
Identifier: islandora:16130

Title: Fireman lifts colleague from scene of fire, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Emergency management, Water, Fire departments
Description: The famous fireman's lift: a fireman lifts a colleague from the scene of a fire.
Identifier: islandora:14973

Title: Aerial view from Signal Hill over the City Bowl and Cape Flats, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, City planning, Environment
Description: This unusual aerial view of Cape Town has all the boldness, optimism and excitement of the New Year. The great vista stretching over the Cape Flats towards Hottentots Holland to symbolize the future. Indeed it is in this direction that much of the Peninsula's expansion is taking place. But Table Mountain is still dominant and timeless, defying any further encroachment up its slopes. The picture was taken at a height of 4,500 ft. The four famous beaches of Clifton are easily recognized at the bottom on the left. Bottom right is Camps Bay, some of whose residents might even be able to point out their own houses. Voortrekker Road (top left) through Kensington, Goodwood, Parow and Bellville, is clearly visible, so are the two cooling towers of the Athlone power station, with Langa just beyond them.
Identifier: islandora:17087

Title: People gasp for breath having run from the teargas, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Weapons, Law enforcement
Description: Two victims of yesterday's teargassing at the Zolani Centre - a nun and a township resident gasp for air.
Identifier: islandora:16201

Title: Cape Town and Table Bay from upper Cableway station, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), City planning, Urban development, Environment, Architecture
Description: Cape Town from upper Cableway station
Identifier: islandora:17052

Title: Barbed wire separating Nyanga from Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Nyanga (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid
Description: The barbed wire entanglement cutting off Crossroads from Nyanga.
Identifier: islandora:17528

Title: Riot police and protesters watch one another from a distance, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Law enforcement
Description: A large crowd of demonstrators faces a line of heavily-armed men close to the Guguletu police station yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:16278

Title: Pollution over Cape Town from De Waal Drive
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Environment, Pollution
Description: While people in the Western Cape are delighted by the beautiful calm days that arrive between blasting north-westers, there is a disadvantage - smog lies heavily over the city and surroundings. This picture taken from De Waal Drive shows buildings looming through the smog, which was caused by a temperature inversion. The tall buildings in the middle of the picture are at Goodwood, with the Tygerberg and Boland mountains beyond.
Identifier: islandora:17015

Title: Man pulls out trunk from the ground, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Vandalism, Law enforcement
Description: Detective Sergeant Frank Madconci of the Langa CID unearths a metal trunk containing looted goods which was buried by Tsotsis at the height of the looting.
Identifier: islandora:16333

Title: Crowds of people run from gas fired by police, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Youth, Law enforcement, Weapons
Description: Crowds fleeing disturbances on the parade face a curtain of gas while trying to cross Lower Strand Street.
Identifier: islandora:16317

Title: Farewell to pilgrims departing for Mecca from Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Pilgrims and pilgrimages, Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Muslims, Apartheid, Travel
Description: Farewell from behind wire fencing for relatives and friends of a batch of 60 Moslem pilgrims who left for Mecca today.
Identifier: islandora:15885

Title: "Whites only" sign prohibits others from using the water slide, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Apartheid signage, Segregation, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: "Whites only" sign prohibits others from using the water slide, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16131

Title: Silhouette of a woman fleeing from teargas, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Weapons, Law enforcement
Description: Flashback: A woman flees a cloud of teargas as a canister explodes near Electricity House on the corner of Strand Street and St George's Street, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16289

Title: Students from University of Western Cape join protests, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Education, Youth, Student protestors, University of Western Cape
Description: Money row: Students from University of the Western Cape (UWC) join others in a protest outside IDT offices in Keerom Street over the "unfair" allocation of funds.
Identifier: islandora:17786

Title: Pupils from Hanover Park listen to promises of improvement, Cape Town
Subject: Hanover Park (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Education, Youth
Description: Solemn attention: Pupils from Hanover Park listen attentively to promises of improvement at the strife-torn Crystal Senior Secondary School during their protest march today.
Identifier: islandora:18053

Title: Collecting debris from dock basin, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Stevedores, Labor
Description: Messy job: Full-time job for these men is the retrieving of debris from the oil-covered dock basin. The corner of the Elbow accumulates all the flotsam and has oil sometimes half an inch deep.
Identifier: islandora:18027

Title: Looking across from the fishing jetty in the docks, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town Harbour (South Africa), Ships, Fishing industry, History
Description: Left: fishing jetty: Looking across from the fishing jetty in the Cape Town Docks.
Identifier: islandora:17956

Title: Soldiers take a break from their duties, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Law enforcement, Weapons
Description: Members of the riot squad take a rest at Gugletu yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:16321

Title: Passengers board a flight to Windhoek from Cape Town in 1970
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town International Airport, Apartheid, Travel, Weather
Description: Passengers show their seating cards at the gate before boarding the plane bound for Windhoek at 10.10 this morning. This was the first plane to leave D.F.Malan Airport since late yesterday afternoon. The Airways terminal was crowded with more than 300 would-be travellers this morning, waiting for the fog to lift.
Identifier: islandora:15879

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