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Title: March from the Cape Town City Centre for Arch[bishop] Tutu [receiving the] Freedom of the City
Description: March to celebrate the bestowing of the Freedom of the City [of Cape Town] on Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 20 May 1998
Identifier: islandora:6620

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: Map of the Division of Hope Town, compiled from general plans & diagrams filed in the Surveyor General's Office, Cape Town, 1894
Subject: Schools--South Africa--Hopetown--Maps, Schools--South Africa--Northern Cape--Maps,
Description: A map showing existing schools and proposed centres for schools, with divisional boundaries, principal roads, ordinary roads. Some colour. Scale 1 inch to 5 English miles.
Identifier: islandora:25109

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: Youth detainee released from detention, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid, Youth
Description: Helene Thornton, 17, (second from left) with her family after her release from detention yesterday. With her are (from left) her eldest sister, Juanita, another sister, Dorothy, and her mother, Mrs Amy Thornton.
Identifier: islandora:17938

Title: Members from various unions march in solidarity, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Labor Unions, Political participation, Demonstrations
Description: Members from various unions march in solidarity, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16083

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: Police confiscate placards from members of the Cell of Islam, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Politics, Apartheid, South African Police
Description: Protest in city ... Police confiscate placards from members of the Cell of Islam before arresting them. An executive committee member of the movement, Mr Ibrahim Rassool (far right), looks on.
Identifier: islandora:17692

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: Full Cabinet from March 1951, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Cabinet ministers, National Party (South Africa), Governments
Description: Prime Minister D F Malan (centre) with his full Cabinet, Cape Town, 1951. Malan's successor, J G Strijdom, is on his immediate left, and Strijdom's successor, H F Verwoerd, is third from the right in the back row.
Identifier: islandora:16943

Title: Pickets from the ANC Observatory branch, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Politics, South African Defence Force
Description: On the offensive: Pickets from the African National Congress Observatory branch face one of the sentries outside the Castle during a protest against the Defence Force's role in the region and against the "continued racist call-up".
Identifier: islandora:17886

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