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Title: Catholic church, Belgravia, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Religious leaders--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Catholics--South Africa,
Description: Father P.J. Pearson leads a congregation outside the Catholic church in Belgravia, Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12648

Title: Dutch Reformed Church, Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town, 1962
Subject: Three Anchor Bay (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: The foundation stone of the Dutch Reformed Church at Three Anchor Bay was laid in 1878, and two years later the church was opened for worship. The handrails on the steps, a memorial to Dr. Fred Murray, were placed there by his family.
Identifier: islandora:17303

Title: St. Peter's Church celebrates 100 years, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Religion, Church buildings, Centennial celebrations, etc., ,
Description: St. Peter's church, Mowbray which celebrated its centenary yesterday. The rector, the Rev. John Carter, can be seen standing at the church gates.
Identifier: islandora:15440

Title: Catholic church of St. Joseph, Cape Town.
Subject: Kommetjie (Western Cape, South Africa), Religion, Architecture, Historic buildings
Description: On the hillside at Kommetjie a small church with a bell tower. This is the Catholic church of St Joseph, built by a devoted wife in honour of her husband. Guiseppe Rubbi came to South Africa from Italy at the turn of the century as a humble carpenter but struggled on to become one of the foremost builders in Cape Town. The Old Mutual building in Darling Street, which in its day was considered outstanding, was built by him. He owned one of the first four holiday homes in Kommetjie and loved to walk in the mountains behind. He expressed the wish that he could be buried there as the view was reminiscent of his birthplace, Marostica. When he died in 1946, Mrs Rubbi bought the piece of land where he used to sit and admire the view and had a tomb and ventilated vault erected there. She persuaded Bishop O'Reilly to allow her to build a chapel in memory of her husband. In 1948 Mr Garnelli, the nephew who had inherited the family business, built this chapel. No expense was spared. On the ceiling are three paintings in the style of an Italian church, with different marbles imported from the Alps and Vicenza for the altar and the floor. Around the walls are tablets depicting the 14 Stations of the Cross, and a mosaic of the Holy Mother and Child. When the church was completed, Mrs Rubbi arranged for a Salesian father to conduct a service there once a month, except at holiday times, when a priest came each Sunday. With foresight the Catholic Church had brought two adjoining plots and in 1968 when Ocean View township was established, a monastery was built behind the church. From then on, regular services were held in the church. Father Smeets looks after the new church at Ocean View and the local congregation from the kommetjie and Sun Valley areas.
Identifier: islandora:17274

Title: Church entrance, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Christianity, Religion, Church buildings, Historic sites
Description: Outside Robben Island's more-than-a-century-old church, Mrs C.S. Haugerud, an islander since 1946, said: "I will be sorry to go. It's clean and open - no traffic noises and petrol fumes. I started the Sunday school on the island. I don't know who will take over from me." Mrs Haugerud is in charge of catering in the wardroom of S.A.S Robben Eiland, the training establishment.
Identifier: islandora:16523

Title: Church interior, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), circa 1945, Historic sites, Church buildings, Interior architecture, Leprosy
Description: The little church on Robben Island where once the lepers worshipped has been desecrated by sea birds.
Identifier: islandora:16529

Title: Good Shepherd Church, Kirstenbosch, Cape Town, 1986
Subject: Kirstenbosch (South Africa), Architecture, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Forced removals (South Africa), Community development
Description: Memories: former Protea Village residents outside the Church of the Good Shepherd, which was their local church, before the whole community was evicted in terms of the Group Areas Act.
Identifier: islandora:17329

Title: Crossroads Council of Churches Chairman, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Clergy
Description: Bishop Sydney Myilikazi - chairman of Crossroads Council of Churches.
Identifier: islandora:17595

Title: ANC church service, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Rites and ceremonies--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Saxophonists--South Africa,
Description: Saxophonist playing at a church service attended by political activists, Cape Town., circa 1990
Identifier: islandora:12619

Title: Allan Boesak speaks at the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, Cape Town
Subject: Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946-, Political activists, Civil disobedience, Apartheid era, World Alliance of Reformed Churches (Presbyterian and Congregational)
Description: South African church leader Dr. Allan Boesak (2nd from right) "vowed to continue resist the South African government even though he feared that he may be killed". With him were members of a delegation from the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. General Secretary Edmont Perret, right, Slyvia Michel and Joachim Guhrt.
Identifier: islandora:14834

Title: Bellville East Dutch Reformed Church, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Churches, Architecture, Religion, Christianity
Description: Bellville East Dutch Reformed Church.
Identifier: islandora:16778

Title: Church of the Good Shepherd, Kirstenbosch, Cape Town, 1993
Subject: Kirstenbosch (South Africa), Architecture, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Forced removals (South Africa), Community development
Description: Memories: former Protea Village residents Reggie Benjamin, left, and Kenneth Jacobs outside the Church of the Good Shepherd, which was their local church, before the whole community was evicted in terms of the Group Areas Act. Tomorrow a special service at the church will be dedicated to the residents.
Identifier: islandora:17324

Title: ANC church service, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Rites and ceremonies--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa,
Description: Political activists attending a church service in Cape Town., circa 1990
Identifier: islandora:12617

Title: Father Pearson in church attacked by security police, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Priests--South Africa, Churches--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa,
Description: Father P.J. Pearson in a church hall in Cape Town, where the congregation were tear-gassed and attacked by police after the funerals of ANC (African National Congress) members, Robbie Waterwitch and Coline Williams., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12589

Title: Dutch Reformed Church, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, Apartheid, Architecture, Afrikaners, Religion
Description: Congregation leaving the Bellville Dutch Reformed Church
Identifier: islandora:16812

Title: ANC church service, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Rites and ceremonies--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa,
Description: Political activists attending a church service in Cape Town., circa 1990
Identifier: islandora:12618

Title: Church memorial, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Church buildings, Death and remembrance
Description: Robben Island church - memorial. Plaque unveiled. A couple are pictured inspecting the memorial dedicated to those who died in World War 2, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16532

Title: Holy Trinity Church, Kalk Bay, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Kalk Bay (South Africa), Church buildings, Historical, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Holy Trinity (Kalk Bay) - Framed against the Kalk Bay mountains in a terraced garden dotted with pine and cypress trees stands a pretty stone and thatch church. It was built by two Englishwomen as a replica of the church they attended in England before coming to South Africa in the middle of the nineteenth century. Perched on the mountainside at Kalk Bay and looking down to the sea is Holy Trinity Church. The terraced garden in front of the church, and the Garden of Remembrance it includes, are kept in order by two of the women parishioners. Below the garden is an old graveyard which has not been used since the turn of the century. A new hall is being built at the back of the church to take place of the old one that has been demolished.
Identifier: islandora:17280

Title: Former Dutch Reformed Church, Kalk Bay, Cape Town, 1984
Subject: Kalk Bay (South Africa), Historic buildings, Urban development, Commerce, Architecture
Description: The former Dutch Reformed Church in Kalk Bay.
Identifier: islandora:17312

Title: Chairman of Crossroads Council of Churches, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid
Description: The chairman of the Crossroads Council of Churches, Bishop Sydney Mzilikazi of the Jerusalem Church, addresses a group of predominantly Afrikaans churchmen who visited Crossroads yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:17525

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