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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

Title: Report on human remains removed from a building site, Cape Town. western freeway site, bounded by Riebeek, Buitengracht and Bree Streets.
Subject: South Africa--Antiquities, , ,
Description: Typed report on human remains removed from a building site which is bounded by Riebeek, Buitengracht and Bree Streets, Cape Town, South Africa (Western Freeway Site). Attached is a newspaper article from the Argus 1982 containing a historical map of central Cape Town. Archaeological material found are, human remains, remains of domestic animals, china, clay pipes and a possible Later Stone Age midden beneath the historical level.
Identifier: islandora:22108

Title: David Moisi welcomed back from prison, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid, Demonstrations
Description: Released: A well-wisher welcomes Mr David Moisi back to the mainland after he and two other long-serving prisoners, including Mr Mandala Shabangu, right, were freed from Robben Island. They had been on a hunger strike for seven days.
Identifier: islandora:17903

Title: Thousands gather to see Nelson Mandela after being released from jail, Cape Town
Subject: Crowds--South Africa, Post-apartheid era
Description: Day of release: Crowd of 80 000 awaits Mandela at Cape Town City Hall yesterday
Identifier: islandora:14760

Title: Prisoners from Robben Island pose for photo , Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Jails, Reformatories, Political prisoners
Description: Prisoners from Robben Island pose for photo, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16027

Title: Policeman emerges from tunnel, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Goodwood (South Africa), Urban areas, South African Police
Description: A policeman comes out of the tunnel next to the national road near Goodwood today after inspecting the live 132 000-volt electricity cable which someone tried to cut last night.
Identifier: islandora:18126

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: Men who were freed from prison giving PAC salute, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments
Description: Freed: Released from Robben Island today were, front row from left, Mr Israel Mabavu, Mr Aaron Oganne, Mr Jongumri Sisulu and Mr Khumbulele Mnikina. Behind them are, from left, Mr Morontshi Masobane, Mr Norman Ngwenya and Mr Sergeant Magaretsa.
Identifier: islandora:16490

Title: Inauguration Day of President Mandela at the City Hall Cape Town, from the Grand Parade
Description: Front of the City Hall in Cape Town, taken on the day of the inauguration of President Mandela, 10 May 1994
Identifier: islandora:6606

Title: View of Bellville from the N2, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Housing, City planning, Urban development, Transport
Description: Housing development at Bellville, as seen from the N2 in the mid 1960s.
Identifier: islandora:16802

Title: Pensioner from Atlantis, Cape Town
Subject: Atlantis (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Pensions, Poverty, Older people
Description: Against all odds - Mrs Audrey Aries, 65, with her "useless" pension book, electricity and other accounts. Her husband earns R245 a month and after her rent and other accounts have been paid she has very little money left.
Identifier: islandora:16702

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: 20 May 1998. Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu receives the Freedom of Cape Town, March starts from here to City Centre
Description: Crowds gathered outside the Cape Town City Hall on the occasion of the bestowing of the Freedom of the City [of Cape Town] on Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 20 May 1998
Identifier: islandora:6619

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