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Title: ANC rally, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, Demonstrations, African National Congress, Liberation, Political prisoners
Description: Some of the more than 20 000 people who braved the cold and wind to catch a glimpse of the African National Congress (ANC) leaders at a rally shortly after Nelson Mandela's release from prison.
Identifier: islandora:15913

Title: Ex-islander Mikki Xhayiya, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: Ex-islander, Mikki Xhayiya.
Identifier: islandora:17917

Title: Political detainee support, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid, Religion
Description: Young and old queued outside St George's Cathedral yesterday to sign Christmas cards to be sent to detainees part of a United Democratic Front Christmas campaign. A prayer service will be held for detainees at the Cathedral at 4pm on Sunday. Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his Roman Catholic counterpart, Archbishop Stephen Naidoo, will attend.
Identifier: islandora:17925

Title: Youth detainee, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid, Youth
Description: 15-year-old detainee, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17921

Title: Free the children gathering, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid, Demonstrations
Description: Free the children gathering, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17942

Title: Prisoner reunited with family, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: "It's still unreal" ... Arcadia High school teacher Mr Neville Van Der Rheede hugs his wife Carol for the first time in over a year after being discharged by the Supreme Court yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:17930

Title: Guard peers through peephole, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Jails, Reformatories, Prisoners
Description: Below: A warder peers through the peephole in the front door. This is the sight which has greeted visitors and new prisoners for nearly 90 years.
Identifier: islandora:16041

Title: Dr Allan Boesak, Archbishop Stephen Naidoo and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: Joint service ... From the left: Dr Allan Boesak, Archbishop Stephen Naidoo and Archbishop Desmond Tutu lead the singing of the hymn "Sing we a song of high revolt" during yesterday's service.
Identifier: islandora:17929

Title: The Pollsmoor Prison band, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Jails, Reformatories, Prisoners, Music
Description: The Pollsmoor Prison Band and SHAWCO drum majorettes will provide a floodlit performance.
Identifier: islandora:16024

Title: Parents of prisoner, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: Feeling shattered - Katie and William De Klerk with a picture of daughter Venetia, 19, whose "home" for the next 12 months is Pollsmoor Prison.
Identifier: islandora:17910

Title: Overnight vigil highlighting the plight of children in jail, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Women political activists, Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: The Black Sash national president, Mrs Mary Burton (right), and a Detainees Parents Support Committee spokeswoman, Mrs Farieda Omar, are among the several individuals and organizations taking part in an overnight vigil at St George's Cathedral to highlight the plight of children in jail.
Identifier: islandora:17928

Title: Released from Pollsmoor after 5 months, Cape Town
Subject: Guguletu (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: Back home ... Mr Ngconde Balfour was yesterday released after spending nearly five months in detention at Pollsmoor. Here he is seen at his Gugulethu home with his wife Khanyisa and daughter Nellie.
Identifier: islandora:17935

Title: Prisoners arrive in the harbour, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: Detainees and house arrest.
Identifier: islandora:17916

Title: People protest for the dissolution of parliament, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Governments, Demonstrations, Apartheid, Political prisoners
Description: People protest for the dissolution of parliament, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16098

Title: Vigil for detained children, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid, Women political activists
Description: ... of the United Women's Congress at last night's vigil in St George's Cathedral for thousands of detained children.
Identifier: islandora:17934

Title: ANC prisoners released from Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid, African National Congress
Description: Released: the first six ANC prisoners from Robben Island yesterday after spending three to 10 years are from left, Eddie Humalog, Nelson Topeka, Mohan Mmoledi, Vuyisile Mbundu, Bushy Maape and Norman Yengeni. Western Cape United Democratic Front (UDF) spokesman Trevor Manuel is in the white shirt. At the back is Mr Amos Lengisi, joint secretary of the UDF in the Western Cape.
Identifier: islandora:17907

Title: Political detainees and house arrest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid, Youth
Description: Political detainees, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17919

Title: Robben Island prison cell, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Jails, Reformatories, Political prisoners, Interior decoration, Architecture
Description: Journalists inspect a communal cell which houses 22 prisoners. Against the walls are the prisoners' rolled-up sleeping mats and blankets and lockers. Each prisoner is issued with four sleeping mats and seven blankets.
Identifier: islandora:16031

Title: Nelson Mandela supporter, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, African National Congress, Political prisoners, Leadership
Description: There's a little doubt who this man came to see as he holds aloft a portrait of Nelson Mandela, shortly after his release from prison.
Identifier: islandora:15925

Title: Family reunited after separation, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: A family reunited after six weeks of separation: Mr Adam Jaffer, his wife Zerene, and son Reyhaan.
Identifier: islandora:17913

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