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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: 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: 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: 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

Title: Police remove members of ANC Women's League from parliament, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Politics
Description: Removed: Police remove two members of the African National Congress Women's League from Parliament today. On the pillar is red paint thrown by the demonstrators.
Identifier: islandora:17861

Title: Marchers run from teargas, Cape Town
Subject: Kraaifontein (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, Demonstrations
Description: Gassed: Marchers run from teargas fired by police when more than 300 Kraaifontein squatters, led by church ministers and Dr Allan Boesak, president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, tried to converge on the police station yesterday to ask the police not to help to evict them from the Uitkyk area today.
Identifier: islandora:17875

Title: Woman wipes tears from her face with tissue, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, ,
Description: The pain of being left behind shows as a woman says goodbye to friends.
Identifier: islandora:15503

Title: Minstrel from the Jolly Johnson troupe, Cape Town
Subject: Entertainers, Performing arts, Amusements, ,
Description: Coon Carnival troupes gyrate through the city: Heppy Nuwe Djaar, says Achmat Adams, of the Jolly Johnson Troupe, at the Coon Carnival at Hartleyvale today. This picture was taken by staff photographer Dana Le Roux after the gaily dressed troupes had marched exuberantly through the streets of the city on their way to the carnivals at Hartleyvale and Athlone.
Identifier: islandora:15323

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: Unconditionally released from Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: Freed: Unconditionally released from Robben Island today are, from left, Mr Monde Tshete, Mr Gallo Veto, Mr Keno Hlatshwayo, Mr Richard Chauke, 38, and Mr Ben Mashinini.
Identifier: islandora:17908

Title: Woman scoops up sand from window-sill, Cape Town
Subject: Weather, Residential buildings, Winds, ,
Description: Mrs Mariam Stoutz scoops sand blown on to her bedroom window-sill.
Identifier: islandora:15339

Title: Ngive (a border town in Southern Angola) in ruins after the withdrawal of troops from the South African Defence Force in 1990.
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Buildings--War damage--Angola--Cunene (Province),
Description: Ngive, a town in the Cunene Province of Angola is deserted and ruined after the withdrawal of troops from the South African Defence Force in 1990.
Identifier: islandora:7077

Title: Police stop Graeme Bloch from protesting, Cape Town
Subject: Bloch, Graeme, Political activists, South African Police, Demonstrations, Apartheid era
Description: Graeme Bloch protesting agains Section 29
Identifier: islandora:14814

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