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Title: Image from rock painting site. Anysberg Forest Reserve (ANY 3), Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Photograph of the outside of the cave site, Anysberg Forest Reserve (ANY 3), Western Cape, South Africa..
Identifier: islandora:21536

Title: Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Youth, Church buildings
Description: The Anglican Church on Robben Island was built in 1841 and is now a historical monument. Whenever a child is born to an islander, a special flag - a green stork on a white background - is flown from the steeple.
Identifier: islandora:16555

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Besomfontein 1, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Photograph of the Besomfontein 1 site.
Identifier: islandora:21592

Title: Railway station being demolished, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Development, Transport, Motorcars, Building
Description: Bulldozers (centre of picture) are cutting a swath through the old main line railway station to make way for a new road leading into the centre of the city. From Adderley Street, the new freeway, an extension of Strand Street, will carry the Sea Point traffic bound for the suburbs, straight to the Castle, then to the traffic interchange at the old market. There the new street will join the Eastern Boulevard.
Identifier: islandora:16558

Title: Bellville shopping centre, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Afrikaners, Commerce, Architecture
Description: Water fountain in a Bellville shopping centre, early 1970s
Identifier: islandora:16780

Title: Protest by Blue Downs residents, Cape Town
Subject: Blue Downs (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Banking, Coloured people (South Africa), Demonstrations
Description: The Downs Blues: Hundreds of placard-wielding Blue Downs residents march through the streets to protest against soaring repayments on their homes
Identifier: islandora:16880

Title: June 16th protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Politics, Youth
Description: June 16th protest, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17872

Title: Anti-abortionists, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations
Description: Anti-abortionists, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17857

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Waterkloof, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., ,
Description: Human male torsos in a procession in faded red. The shine is possibly an oil or glaze.
Identifier: islandora:21574

Title: Rondebosch Main Road, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), History, Buildings, Suburbs, Infrastructure
Description: Main Road, Rondebosch, showing fountain.
Identifier: islandora:16609

Title: Police, Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, South African Police, Apartheid
Description: Police at Crossroads form up to leave the camp after the raid in which hundreds of people were arrested.
Identifier: islandora:17553

Title: Pageant of South Africa, 1910, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), circa 1910, Festivals, Colonialism
Description: Pageant of South Africa, 1910, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:14546

Title: Vredehoek residents, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Vredehoek (Cape Town, South Africa), Disasters, Fires
Description: A domestic worker, face muffled, and a Vredehoek resident make their escape from the encroaching flames and smoke after fire swept across Devil's Peak yesterday. The dog was one of many pets who had breathing problems because of the smoke. Rose, the maid and Sheba, the dog.
Identifier: islandora:14967

Title: Crossroads resident, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid
Description: Son shot. Mrs Ethelene Beja, 63, of Old Crossroads, whose son Sipoto, 28, was shot dead through his sister's front door during a campaign of intimidation against residents moving into newly built homes.
Identifier: islandora:17596

Title: Man writes the name of a fallen comrade on a tombstone, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Religion, Islam, Funerals, Grief
Description: Man writes the name of a fallen comrade on a tombstone, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16221

Title: Gugulethu 7, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Apartheid, Funerals, Anti-apartheid activists, United Democratic Front (South Africa)
Description: Protesting activists and supporters of the United Democratic Front (UDF) demonstrate at the funeral of the 7 "terrorists", Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17684

Title: 1989 political demonstrations, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Apartheid, South African Police
Description: 1989 political demonstrations, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17722

Title: Union celebrations in Adderley Street, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Festivals, Colonialism
Description: Union celebrations, Adderley St. from Darling St. junction.
Identifier: islandora:14534

Title: Grandmother comforts her grandson, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Grief, Youth, Weapons, Law enforcement
Description: "They knew those bullets will kill," said Mrs F. September. Confined to a wheelchair for 30 years, she now has to care for her grandchild, Randall, 5, whose father died on the night of June 17.
Identifier: islandora:16181

Title: Students march in protest over the education system, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), COSAS (South Africa), Demonstrations
Description: Education march: students linked arm-in-arm do a toyi-toyi dance during a march to the Houses of Parliament yesterday. Student leaders handed over a memorandum to an official of the State President's office calling for the creation of one education department and for the president's intervention in the improvement of facilities.
Identifier: islandora:16079

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