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Title: Black woman petrol attendant, Parow, Cape Town
Subject: Parow (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Labour, Apartheid, Women, Influx control, Transport,
Description: An African petrol attendant, one of six employed on the same driveway, fills up at a BP service station in Parow.
Identifier: islandora:15873

Title: Squatter, Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Demonstrations, Women
Description: Crossroads - A squatter woman who was one of the many in Nyanga yesterday. The women asked to return to the land they occupied before the fighting last year. Hammers carried by some were symbolic of their wish to build homes.
Identifier: islandora:17574

Title: Devil's Peak, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), Landscapes, natural scenery, Environment, Mountains
Description: Table Mountain and Devil's Peak with vlei and birds.
Identifier: islandora:16620

Title: Fishermen at Fish Hoek beach, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Fish Hoek (South Africa), Fishing industry, Beaches
Description: It is 6.30 am and the fisherman are folding nets into the boat in preparation for the catch. Their livelihood will be seriously affected by restrictions imposed on them by the Fish Hoek Town Council this week. The fisherman have no other source of income.
Identifier: islandora:15004

Title: Agricultural control boards in the apartheid era , Cape Show, Goodwood, Cape Town
Subject: Goodwood (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Agricultural shows, Agricultural industries, Apartheid, Commerce
Description: The Agricultural Control Boards Hall which was redecorated for the Cape Show at the Goodwood showgrounds.
Identifier: islandora:15868

Title: Fishing industry, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Table Bay (South Africa), Fishing industry, Recreation, Ocean, Seafood, Weather, Winds
Description: A fairly large number of Saldanha-based trawlers were forced to take shelter in Table Bay this week because of the high winds at sea. According to port officials the vessels were all wooden pelagic catchers and their skippers had indicated that the off-shore area between Saldanha and Cape Town had been hammered by south-easterly winds of up to 70 knots. Table Bay itself was lashed by a gale with gusts of up to 55 knots.
Identifier: islandora:15022

Title: Lindy Wilson, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid
Description: Mrs Lindy Wilson with the film on Crossroads, which was banned at the weekend. Mrs Wilson directed the documentary.
Identifier: islandora:17550

Title: Fishermen on the beach, Table Bay, Cape Town
Subject: Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), Recreation, Beaches, Environment, Families
Description: Cape Town mountain taken from the beach.
Identifier: islandora:17133

Title: Fishing industry, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Fishing, Recreation, Ocean, Seafood
Description: Snoek run: the snoek boats are moving with the early morning sun because large shoals have moved in on the Peninsula's Atlantic coastline. Catches of up to 500 fish a boat are being made. Prices have dropped from R3 for a snoek early this week to R1,40. The boats have been working along the coast from Clifton to Slangkop. Fishermen say it could be one of the best snoek seasons in years.
Identifier: islandora:14622

Title: Armed warder, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Weapons
Description: Armed warder in launch off Robben Island.
Identifier: islandora:16522

Title: Aerial view of Milnerton Racecourse, Cape Town
Subject: Aerial views, Infrastructure, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), ,
Description: This impressive aerial picture by the Argus of Milnerton racecourse shows the 1 400 metres straight in the foreground, the round course with the near and far bends in the middle and the white track where the racehorses are worked. The big building on the left is Rietvlei Centre on Koeberg Road.
Identifier: islandora:15291

Title: Crossroads resident, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid
Description: Daily life in Crossroads squatter camp.
Identifier: islandora:17567

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: Navy technical trainees clean beach between Milnerton lagoon and Blouberg, Cape Town
Subject: Environment, Refuse and refuse disposal, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), ,
Description: More than 100 Navy technical trainees from Wingfield tackled the mammoth task of trying to clean the beach between Milnerton lagoon and Blouberg. The operation, which took place during a three-week recess of the SA Defence Force Technical Institute, was chosen because most of the debris fouling that beach came from passing shipping. Picking up rubbish are, from left, ratings Lloyd Ventre, David Sivertsen, Harold Beyers, Johan Roux, Harold Harte, Michael Terblanche and David Williams.
Identifier: islandora:15297

Title: Man looks out to sea at the remains of a ship, Cape Town
Subject: Shipwrecks, Ocean, Industrial sites, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), ,
Description: Unknown man looks out at unknown shipwreck, Paarden Eiland, Cape town.
Identifier: islandora:15630

Title: Freed prisoners give the PAC salute, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Pan African Congress, Political prisoners, Historic sites
Description: Free at last: four Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) prisoners were freed yesterday after five years on Robben Island. From left to right are: Mr Elby July, Mr Michael Gqamane, Mr Jan Shobe and Mr Mlandeli Ketye (kneeling). This brings to 109 the number of prisoners freed since February 2.
Identifier: islandora:16489

Title: Freed prisoner, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments
Description: Reunion: Robben Island veteran Govan Mbeki, left, chats to Minister of Safety and Security Sydney Mufamadi and lawyer Ramesh Vassen before leaving for Robben Island.
Identifier: islandora:16502

Title: Black River, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Black River (South Africa), Water, Weeds, Environment, Plants, Parrot's-feather (Plant)
Description: Left: Close-up of parrot's feather. This insidious weed has choked parts of the Black River and is making its way into the Liesbeek.
Identifier: islandora:16581

Title: Goodwood Cape Show Ground, Cape Town
Subject: Goodwood (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Agricultural shows, Agriculture, Apartheid
Description: Aerial shot of the Cape Show Grounds, Goodwood, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15866

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