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Title: Demonstrators run from the riot police, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Description: A demonstrator above the Stand Street concourse facing a confrontation with a member of the riot squad.
Identifier: islandora:16304

Title: Protesters flee from the teargas, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Weapons
Description: A teargas bomb explodes and disperses a crowd in a Guguletu field.
Identifier: islandora:16328

Title: Amanda Tiffin and Andrew Lilley present students from the SACM Jazz Piano Studio and the Jazz Vocal Studio, Chisholm Recital Room, South African College of Music, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Concert programs, Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Concert programme
Identifier: islandora:30292

Title: A policewoman protects her eyes from the sun at a march, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Law enforcement, Protection, Civil unrest, Gender, Weapons
Description: Outnumbered: A woman member of the Police's Internal Stability Unit, left, keeps a watchful eye on events near the intersection of Plein and Roeland Streets during yesterday's mass march.
Identifier: islandora:15948

Title: Panic-stricken passenger jumps from moving train, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Railroad trains, Railroad accidents
Description: Escaping the danger ... A panic-stricken passenger, fearing for his safety, jumps from a moving train as it approaches Nonkqubela railway station, shortly after it sliced through a pile of burning tyres placed on the railway line. Witnesses said the screams of terrified passengers could be heard some distance from the train as it entered the pall of black smoke.
Identifier: islandora:17695

Title: Two female singers from the band Mango Groove, show programme that is for sale , Cape Town
Subject: Mango Groove (Musical group), Johnston, Claire, Hashe, Beulah, Musicians--South Africa
Description: Mango Groovers: Singers Claire Johnston and Beulah Hashe with a souvenir programme fans will be able to buy at the Good Hope Centre concerts tonight, tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night
Identifier: islandora:14382

Title: Protesters flee from a smoke canister, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Demonstrations, Demonstrations, Weapons
Description: Protesters flee from a smoke canister, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16363

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: Site report from the Natal Museum's Archaeology Department, on a midden site in Cape Town.
Subject: South Africa--Antiquities, Middens--South Africa, , ,
Description: Typed site report from the Natal Museum's Archaeology Department, on a midden site in Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:22083

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: "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: People wait to disembark from boat, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Transport
Description: Robben Islanders return from a trip to the mainland and a few visitors wait to disembark from the ferry Diaz, the main link across Table Bay.
Identifier: islandora:16534

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: Children carry buckets of water hanging from sticks, Cape Town
Subject: Youth, Poverty, Water supply, ,
Description: Children carry buckets of water hanging from sticks, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15817

Title: Men with carpet that reads "From the birth of a Nation to the independence of a Republic", Cape Town
Subject: Governments, Referendum, Autonomy, ,
Description: Hand-made carpet presented to Mr H.B. Kloppers (left) and Sen. Jon Naude by Sen. Jan D. Van Zyl (right).
Identifier: islandora:15705

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: View over the City Bowl from Signal Hill, Cape Town, 1888
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, City planning, Architecture
Description: 1888: Cape Town had not yet encroached on Devil's Peak and Table Mountain. Note Roeland Street, which ended up as a track leading to a quarry.
Identifier: islandora:17191

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