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Title: Winnie Mandela leaves the airport, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists
Description: Mrs Winnie Mandela leaves DF Malan airport today on her way to visit her husband, Nelson
Identifier: islandora:14709

Title: Deserted football field in Maitland, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Soccer, Recreation areas, ,
Description: The limp goalposts on the football field, residents say, tell a story of despondency - 23 years in the shadow of the Group Areas Act has taken its toll of soccer, once the most popular sport in the area.
Identifier: islandora:15196

Title: Desmond Tutu, Cape Town, 2000
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Tutu, Desmond, Truth and Lies,
Description: Desmond Tutu, formerly Archbishop, at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) headquarters, Cape Town, South Africa, 2000.
Identifier: islandora:795

Title: Map of the Eastern Frontier of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope
Subject: Eastern Africa
Description: First published in 1836 by John Arrowsmith of London. "This map provides a great deal of historical and geographical information regarding the important part of the Cape Colony which was the scene of nine frontier wars between the Cape government and the Xhosa tribe." Inset shows 'Statistical notes 1833'. Dedicated to Sir Benjamin D'Urban., London. Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823
Identifier: islandora:25463

Title: Breyten Breytenbach and his family, Cape Town
Subject: Breytenbach, Breyten, Anti-apartheid activists, Political activists, Apartheid era, Families--South Africa
Description: Breyten Breytenbach with family at Cape Town docks
Identifier: islandora:14847

Title: Young newspaper vendor, Cape Town
Subject: Child labor--South Africa, Poor children--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Newspaper vendors--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: A child newspaper vendor stands barefoot, ready to begin the day's work before sunrise.
Identifier: islandora:5726

Title: Members of the Islamic Council stand in front of Mosque, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Worship, ,
Description: [E]id-ul-adha: Hajjis Ismail Morris, Dawood Essop and Faiq ooley of the Islamic Council of South Africa outside the Aspeling Street Mosque in District Six.
Identifier: islandora:15482

Title: Winnie Mandela speaks to Omar Dullah, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Omar, Dullah, Politicians--South Africa, Post-apartheid era
Description: Controversial: Mrs Winnie Mandela, in the centre of controversy over her West African trip and the police investigations against her. Dullah Omar and Winnie Mandela.
Identifier: islandora:14750

Title: Pollsmoor Prison March, Cape Town, 1985
Subject: Student protesters, Demonstrations, Police brutality, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Police attack youths early in the morning on the day of the Pollsmoor Prison March. United Democratic Front (UDF) leaders had called upon people to march to Pollsmoor Prison in August 1985 to demand the release of Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners. The students were also protesting against the state's education system, which offered blacks inferior education.
Identifier: islandora:890

Title: Nelson Mandela sits next to his wife and waves to supporters, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013, Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists
Description: Nelson and Winnie Mandela
Identifier: islandora:14410

Title: Member of the Clover Rich and Creamy Minstrels, Cape Town
Subject: Entertainers, Performing arts, Amusements, ,
Description: Mustapha Jennet, one of the Clover Rich and Creamy Minstrels, sang so hard that his breath wasn't the only thing he lost.
Identifier: islandora:15327

Title: Winnie Mandela outside the hospital after seeing her husband, Nelson Mandela, Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists
Description: Winnie Mandela smiles broadly after seeing her husband in hospital this morning amid speculation that he may be freed by Pretoria.
Identifier: islandora:14402

Title: Malay and Malay Priests - Cape flats - Table Mountain in the distance
Subject: Malays (Asian people) in art, South Africa--Social life and customs--Pictorial works, South Africa--In art
Description: Malay woman and man centrally placed in the Cape Flats landscape with two Malay priests in right foreground, with Table Mountain in the distance. Title taken from original painting.
Identifier: islandora:26399

Title: Aftermath of a landslide on the Simonstown-Miller's Point coastal road, Cape Town
Subject: Vehicles, Landslides, ,
Description: This is what it looked like after a landslide on the Simonstown-Miller's Point coastal road in the Peninsula sent about 150ft. of the tarred highway crashing into the sea.
Identifier: islandora:15274

Title: Dr. Jan Dommisse waves to his supporters, Cape Town
Subject: Dommisse, Jan, Politicians--South Africa, Apartheid era, Elections
Description: Victorious Dr. Jan Dommisse (left) who held Sea Point for the United Party in spite of determined efforts from the Progressive Party, waves to supporters after his win by 974 votes had been announced.
Identifier: islandora:14683

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