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Title: Political prisoners released from Robben Island, Cape Town, 1990
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, Political prisoners, Apartheid, African National Congress, Freedom
Description: Going home: elated to be free, Mr Wellington Gumenge of Port Elizabeth (front) and Mr Johannes Boesak of Oudtshoorn leave Table Bay harbour yesterday. They were two of 15 Robben Island African National Congress (ANC) prisoners granted early release.
Identifier: islandora:15903

Title: Released from prison, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: Mr Saleem Badat (left), Mr Jack Jaggers (obscured), Mr Marcus Solomon and Mr Logan Wort were among 37 people released from Victor Verster Prison yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:17931

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: 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: View from the Railway building, Foreshore, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical, Roads, Urban development, City planning
Description: View from the new Railway building, Foreshore, Cape Town, 1959
Identifier: islandora:17374

Title: Participants in Buffalo Rally from Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Motorcycles, Apartheid, Recreation, Transport
Description: Grease for peace, says "Mad" Morgan Moodley, as his loaded "Black Wing" rumbles through Cape Town en route for the Buffalo Rally in Maseru. With him is Yolanda Julius and they are flying the flag of the Freedom Riders Motorcycle Club - as slightly modified Stars and Stripes.
Identifier: islandora:16897

Title: Anti-crime march from St George's Cathedral, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Crime
Description: Wet steps: Cape Town Mayor William Bantom leads clergymen and other dignitaries in an anti-crime march from St George's Cathedral to the Grand Parade to hand Cape Premier Hernus Kriel a memorandum.
Identifier: islandora:17838

Title: The clearing away of debris left from a train accident, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure
Description: Woodstock crash.
Identifier: islandora:16139

Title: Destruction done to two properties from riots, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Vandalism, Property development
Description: Destruction done to two properties from riots, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16286

Title: Table Bay and Cape Town, from the foot of Table Mountain
Subject: Table Bay (South Africa)--Pictorial works, Cape Town (South Africa)--Pictorial works, South Africa--In art
Description: Shows Cape Town and Table Bay beyond, from a vantage point on Table Mountain. There is shipping in Table Bay and Bloubergstrand can be seen in the distance. Title taken from original painting.
Identifier: islandora:26366

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

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 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: Policeman restrains his dog from chasing protesters, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, German shepherd dog, Demonstrations, Law enforcement
Description: Policeman restrains his dog from chasing protesters, Cape Town, 1976.
Identifier: islandora:16260

Title: Pregnant women released from prison, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid, Women political activists
Description: Released ... Ms Jack, released yesterday on R5 000 bail after being detained under Section 29 of the Internal Security Act for six months. A mother of two, she is due to give birth on Monday.
Identifier: islandora:17932

Title: Nearing Cape Town after walking from Grahamstown
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Africans, Poverty, Families, Rural areas
Description: Still erect and proud, 80-year-old Mr July Nanise plods along Settlers Way after his 700km walk from Grahamstown in search of his long-lost brother.
Identifier: islandora:15851

Title: Swimming race from the Cape Town pier, 1922
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical, Sport, Recreation, Swimming
Description: Competitors in the Gordons Gala in Cape Town in 1922 had a tough venue for their races: the old Cape Town pier, where this picture was taken of the mens' two-mile event. [The photograph is one of several appearing on special sepia pages of the prestige 56-page Cape Times Centenary Supplement, which appears as an extra section with all copies of the Cape Times on Saturday, March 27.]
Identifier: islandora:17185

Title: Discovery II research ship departs from Cape Town Docks, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Exploration & discovery, South African National Antarctic Expedition, RRS Discovery 2, Research, Polar regions
Description: Spick and span in new paint, the little research steamer, Discovery II, steamed out of Cape Town Docks yesterday afternoon for another long spell in the Antarctic.
Identifier: islandora:16675

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: 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

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