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Title: People protest Prime Minister Daniel Francois Malan's plans, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, National Party (South Africa), Demonstration
Description: People protest Prime Minister Daniel Francois Malan's plans, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15999

Title: Busy main road of Elsies River, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Elsies River (South Africa), Apartheid, Infrastructure, Street vendors
Description: This is the busy main road of Elsies River, where hawkers and vendors sell alongside flourishing modern shops of every variety. People flock to the area for the bargains and the colourful market atmosphere.
Identifier: islandora:18113

Title: 1961 Apartheid elections, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Elections, Newspapers, Technology, Broadcasting
Description: The Argus scoreboard to-day showed the state of the parties before the first vote is counted in the 1961 general election (the first general election after South Africa became a republic). The Nationalists have 50 unopposed seats and the United Party 20.
Identifier: islandora:16685

Title: Minister of Bantu Administration, Westbrook, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Cabinet ministers, National Party (South Africa), Governments
Description: The swearing-in of the new Deputy Minister of Bantu Administration by the State President (Mr. J. J. Fouche), Development (Mr A. J . Raubenheimer) took place today. Shown in the garden of Westbrook, the State President's official residence in Rondebosch after the ceremony are, from left, Dr. P. Koornhof, Deputy Minister of Bantu Administration, the Prime Minister (M.r. B. J. Vorster), Mr. Fouche, Mr. M. C. Botha, Minister of Bantu Administration and Mr. Raubenheimer.
Identifier: islandora:16930

Title: ANC rally for released political prisoners, Soweto, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa,
Description: Thousands of supporters attend an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, in Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12592

Title: A policeman talks to a protester while others look on, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, De Klerk, F. W. (Frederik Willem), Law enforcement, Demonstrations
Description: A policeman talks to a protester while others look on, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16090

Title: Stop police violence, protest, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa,
Description: Sign at anti-apartheid rally reads, STOP POLICE VIOLENCE. Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:12611

Title: Dr. Allan Boesak preaching, Cape Town
Subject: Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946-, Political activists, Religious leaders, Apartheid era
Description: Allan Boesak speaking from a pulpit
Identifier: islandora:14833

Title: Father with children, Rhodes, South Africa, 1980
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Poor whites--South Africa, Fathers--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: A father and his two children, Rhodes, 1980
Identifier: islandora:934

Title: Cabinet members, Cape Town, 1968
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Cabinet ministers, National Party (South Africa), Governments
Description: Prime Minister B.J. Vorster (centre front) with members of the Cabinet, 1969
Identifier: islandora:16940

Title: The end of Sophiatown, 1959
Subject: Sophiatown (Johannesburg, South Africa)--Social conditions, Apartheid--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Blacks--Housing--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Forced migration--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Rubble--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg)
Description: By 1959 most of the houses in Sophiatown had disappeared. Big machines and men with picks beat down the last walls of Sophiatown.
Identifier: islandora:7458

Title: BJ Vorster, 1961 election results, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Elections, Newspapers, Politics, Broadcasting,
Description: Prime Minister B.J. Vorster commenting on the 1961 election results.
Identifier: islandora:16687

Title: SARWHU funeral, Venda, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa-- Venda, Funeral service--South Africa-- Venda, Labor unions--South Africa-- Venda, Pallbearers--South Africa-- Venda
Description: Funeral for a member of the South African Railway and Harbour Workers Union (SARWHU), Venda, (now part of Limpopo Province), 1990.
Identifier: islandora:1449

Title: World War I veteran, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Memorials, Veterans, Apartheid
Description: Mr "Wally" Culley, 79, a veteran of World War I, was among the group of old soldiers of the Railways and Harbours Brigade who gathered at the Cape Town station yesterday, the 59th anniversary of the end of the war. A memorial service was held.
Identifier: islandora:14858

Title: This 91,44m of beach is reserved for bona fide non-White employees of the town, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Fish Hoek (South Africa), Beaches, South Africa. Separate Amenities Act, 1953, Apartheid signage
Description: Not only has Fish Hoek an unusual regulation concerning liquor licences, but also a segregated beach with a difference. This 91,44m of beach is reserved for bona fide non-White employees of the town.
Identifier: islandora:15011

Title: Nelson Mandela talks to teachers and pupils at a school named in his honour, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, School children--South Africa, Post-apartheid era
Description: Teacher talk: Mr Mandela talks to teachers and pupils at the school in Crossroads named after him. He urged boycotting pupils to return to class
Identifier: islandora:14763

Title: Students in silent protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Youth, Demonstrations, Apartheid, Politics
Description: A student gives her name to a police major during yesterday's confrontation with police, while other students stand by, gagged in silent protest.
Identifier: islandora:17656

Title: Winnie Mandela surrounded by the media, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists, Press conferences
Description: Winnie Mandela and the media
Identifier: islandora:14727

Title: Eugene Terre'Blanche, Mafikeng, 1998
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Terre Blanche, Euge?ne N., Truth and Lies,
Description: Eugene Terre'Blanche, Mafikeng, 1998. Terre'Blanche, the leader of the Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), attended the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings in order to oppose the amnesty application of a South African Police (SAP) officer, Ontlametse Bernstein Menyatswe, who had killed three members of the AWB in 1994. Menyatswe argued that the killing had been politically motivated and he was acting in defense of his people and their right to vote in a national democratic election.
Identifier: islandora:775

Title: Armed forces stand for the opening ceremony, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Armed forces
Description: Coloured Coloured Representative Council (CRC) opening.
Identifier: islandora:15986

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