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Title: The S A Railways building on the Foreshore, Cape Town, 1959
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, Building
Description: Cape Town Foreshore: S. A. Railway Building.
Identifier: islandora:17433

Title: Ruined school building
Subject: ruins, education, schoolingRuined buildings--Angola, Children, Schools--Angola
Description: A roofless primary school which has been destroyed by gunfire.
Identifier: islandora:8282

Title: Building a hut
Subject: Bushman, San, indigenous, Southern Africa, woman, carrying, grass, building, hut, San (African people)--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, San (African people)--Dwellings--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Central Kalahari Game Reserve (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:12313

Title: An abandoned building used as a lookout post within the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
Subject: San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Stone buildings--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Ruined buildings--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: The view through a crooked window in an abandoned building within the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Structures like these, are now used as lookout posts for tourists and travellers. Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.
Identifier: islandora:27018

Title: Former Ministry of Education building
Subject: ruinsRuined buildings--Angola, Refugees--Angola
Description: Refugees who have fled the fighting in the Angolan countryside inhabit the former Ministry of Education building.
Identifier: islandora:8288

Title: The Saambou National Building Society's new building in Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Business, Apartheid, Architecture, Building, Afrikaners
Description: An example of the office building accommodation available in Bellville's growing central business district district is this modern building society block. The Saambou National Building Society's new building in Bellville was officially opened this week by Dr C.F. Albertyn. In addition to the shopping space on the ground floor, there are seven floors of office space and the banking hall also provides for art exhibitions. Saambou now owns buildings in Bellville valued at more than R1 500 000. With office accommodation in big demand in the rapidly developing Tygeberg area, office blocks are going up all over. One of the latest and largest blocks is the Saambou National Building, opened towards the end of last year. This building offers shopping space on the ground floor and seven floors of office space.
Identifier: islandora:16830

Title: Building ruins
Subject: AfghanisRuined buildings--Afghanistan, Apartment houses, Children, Afghans
Description: Children stand outside the ruins of an apartment block.
Identifier: islandora:8330

Title: Gabled building at Zandvliet farm, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, ,
Description: The original gabled building dating back to 1699 at Zandvliet farm.
Identifier: islandora:15185

Title: YMCA Building, Long Street, Cape Town, circa 1989
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Urban development, Conservation of natural resources
Description: Restoration: The old YMCA building at 44 Long Street sold by the Cape Town Heritage Trust to the National Parks Board for R500 000. The Building, sold subject to the new requirements, is to be the new southern region head office of the Parks Board.
Identifier: islandora:17443

Title: Building destroyed during the Civil War
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Buildings--War damage--Angola--Cunene (Province),
Description: Building destroyed during the Angolan Civil War in Ngive, a town in the Cunene Province, southern Angola. Ngive is close to the border with Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:7008

Title: YWCA Building, Long Street, Cape Town, circa 1979
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Urban development, City planning
Description: The future of the old YWCA building, a fine example of Victorian architecture in Long Street is in the balance. The old YWCA building, or No. 76 to 80 Long Street, is listed in the definitive work, Buildings of Central Cape Town, as being Victorian with a distinctive cast of double level veranda. On the second floor a panel reads 'In memory of Minnie and Maria Bam, Founded 1886 Rebuilt 1903.'
Identifier: islandora:17444

Title: Cartwright's Corner building, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, City planning, Urban development, Demolition
Description: The old Cartwright's Corner building, a splendid example of Victorian ornateness, was in keeping with other similar buildings in Adderley Street. The new building on this site,though one of the better examples of modern architecture, dwarfs the beautiful old Standard Bank Building in its original setting. (Published 15 August 1974). Cape Archives.
Identifier: islandora:17345

Title: Building on fire, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Industrial buildings, Civil unrest, Violence, Vandalism
Description: Building on fire, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16274

Title: Building a hut
Subject: Bushman, San, indigenous, Southern Africa, woman, carrying, grass, building, hut, San (African people)--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, San (African people)--Dwellings--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Central Kalahari Game Reserve (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:12310

Title: Building a hut
Subject: Bushman, San, indigenous, Southern Africa, woman, carrying, grass, building, hut, San (African people)--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, San (African people)--Dwellings--Botswana--Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Central Kalahari Game Reserve (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:12311

Title: Destroyed apartment building
Subject: ruinsRuined buildings--Angola, Apartment houses
Description: An apartment building, destroyed by shelling, is reinhabited by residents.
Identifier: islandora:8294

Title: Former Ministry of Finance building
Subject: ruinsRuined buildings--Angola, Children, Women, Refugees--Angola
Description: The former Ministry of Finance building, now inhabited by refugees who have fled the fighting in the Angolan countryside.
Identifier: islandora:8290

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