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Title: Church gathering
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, dance, ritual, celebration, dress, traditional, woman, man, women, men, mud, sand, drums, stick, religion, San (African people)--South Africa--Religion, Zionist Christian Church, Independent churches--South Africa, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Description: An outdoor church gathering. Schmidtsdrift, South Africa. Circa 1992.
Identifier: islandora:12086

Title: Church gathering
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, dance, ritual, celebration, dress, traditional, woman, man, women, men, mud, sand, drums, stick, religion, San (African people)--South Africa--Religion, Zionist Christian Church, Independent churches--South Africa, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Description: An outdoor church gathering. Schmidtsdrift, South Africa. Circa 1992.
Identifier: islandora:12068

Title: Restoration at Lutheran Church, Strand Street, Cape Town, 1978
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Restoration
Description: Workmen are repairing and restoring the historic Lutheran Church in Strand Street, the country's oldest building and one of a number of fine examples of 18th Century architecture in Strand Street. The copper spire, dominated by an orb and crown on the weathervane, is being painted to preserve it from the effects of sea air and pollution. The Rev Charles Ellefson, minister of the church, said it was last painted and repaired in 1970 when storm winds blew off the corrugated iron roof.
Identifier: islandora:17275

Title: Dutch Reformed Church, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Religion, City planning, Urban development, Architecture
Description: Drawing of the interior of the Groote Kerk, Church Square, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17156

Title: Church gathering
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, dance, ritual, celebration, dress, traditional, woman, man, women, men, mud, sand, drums, stick, religion, San (African people)--South Africa--Religion, Zionist Christian Church, Independent churches--South Africa, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Description: An outdoor church gathering. Schmidtsdrift, South Africa. Circa 1992.
Identifier: islandora:12102

Title: Oral history interview with Trevor Adams, a survivor of the St. James Church massacre [Part2 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, St. James Church (Kenilworth, South Africa), Forgiveness--South Africa, Reconciliation, ,
Description: On the 25th July 1993, four operatives of the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA), the armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) attacked St James Church in Kenilworth, Cape Town, during a Sunday evening service. Approximately one hundred congregants were inside the Church. During the attack, the congregants were fired on with automatic weapons and two hand grenades were thrown into the Church. Eleven members of the congregation died and fifty-eight were injured. This research explores the intra- and inter-personal tensions within the testimonies of survivors on the process of forgiveness and reconciliation. Themes include: the amnesty application by the APLA cadets to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC); personal responses to trauma; memories of the event; Christian beliefs in context of personal trauma; congregational mapping; political violence and the public and personal processes of forgiveness., Pol2.02.mp3: Part2 of 2 ; 01:06:00 min. ; interview 2 of 6
Identifier: islandora:22640

Title: Church gathering
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, dance, ritual, celebration, dress, traditional, woman, man, women, men, mud, sand, drums, stick, religion, San (African people)--South Africa--Religion, Zionist Christian Church, Independent churches--South Africa, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Description: An outdoor church gathering. Schmidtsdrift, South Africa. Circa 1992.
Identifier: islandora:12062

Title: Zion Church service
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, San, indigenous, removal, army, church, ceremony, dance, !Xun, Khwe, Kxoe (African people)--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, San (African people)--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift, San (African people)--South Africa--Schmidtsdrift--Religion, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12227

Title: Oral history interview with Hazel Solomon, a survivor of the St. James Church massacre [Part 3 of 3]
Subject: Oral history, St. James Church (Kenilworth, South Africa), Forgiveness--South Africa, Reconciliation, ,
Description: On the 25th July 1993, four operatives of the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA), the armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) attacked St James Church in Kenilworth, Cape Town, during a Sunday evening service. Approximately one hundred congregants were inside the Church. During the attack, the congregants were fired on with automatic weapons and two hand grenades were thrown into the Church. Eleven members of the congregation died and fifty-eight were injured. This research explores the intra- and inter-personal tensions within the testimonies of survivors on the process of forgiveness and reconciliation. Themes include: the amnesty application by the APLA cadets to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC); personal responses to trauma; memories of the event; Christian beliefs in context of personal trauma; congregational mapping; political violence and the public and personal processes of forgiveness., Pol2.04b.mp3: Part 3 of 3 ; 24:56 min. ; inteview 4 of 6
Identifier: islandora:24442

Title: Methodist Church service, Leliefontein
Subject: Public worship--South Africa--Namaqualand, Church attendance--South Africa--Namaqualand, Rural elderly--South Africa--Namaqualand,
Description: A church service held at a Methodist Church in Leliefontein.
Identifier: islandora:5090

Title: Church Street, Cape Town, circa 1950s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Urban development
Description: Church Street, Cape Town, circa 1950s.
Identifier: islandora:17383

Title: Oral history interview with Elizabeth Theunissen, a survivor of the St. James Church massacre [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, St. James Church (Kenilworth, South Africa), Forgiveness--South Africa, Reconciliation, ,
Description: On the 25th July 1993, four operatives of the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA), the armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) attacked St James Church in Kenilworth, Cape Town, during a Sunday evening service. Approximately one hundred congregants were inside the Church. During the attack, the congregants were fired on with automatic weapons and two hand grenades were thrown into the Church. Eleven members of the congregation died and fifty-eight were injured. This research explores the intra- and inter-personal tensions within the testimonies of survivors on the process of forgiveness and reconciliation. Themes include: the amnesty application by the APLA cadets to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC); personal responses to trauma; memories of the event; Christian beliefs in context of personal trauma; congregational mapping; political violence and the public and personal processes of forgiveness., Pol2.05.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 27:36 min. ; interview 5 of 6
Identifier: islandora:24443

Title: Church gathering
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, dance, ritual, celebration, dress, traditional, woman, man, women, men, mud, sand, drums, stick, religion, San (African people)--South Africa--Religion, Zionist Christian Church, Independent churches--South Africa, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Description: An outdoor church gathering. Schmidtsdrift, South Africa. Circa 1992.
Identifier: islandora:12069

Title: Church gathering
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, dance, ritual, celebration, dress, traditional, woman, man, women, men, mud, sand, drums, stick, religion, San (African people)--South Africa--Religion, Zionist Christian Church, Independent churches--South Africa, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Description: An outdoor church gathering. Schmidtsdrift, South Africa. Circa 1992.
Identifier: islandora:12093

Title: Church in Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Church with a mural, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:17328

Title: Church gathering
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, dance, ritual, celebration, dress, traditional, woman, man, women, men, mud, sand, drums, stick, religion, San (African people)--South Africa--Religion, Zionist Christian Church, Independent churches--South Africa, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Description: An outdoor church gathering. Schmidtsdrift, South Africa. Circa 1992.
Identifier: islandora:12084

Title: Church gathering
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, dance, ritual, celebration, dress, traditional, woman, man, women, men, mud, sand, drums, stick, religion, San (African people)--South Africa--Religion, Zionist Christian Church, Independent churches--South Africa, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Description: An outdoor church gathering. Schmidtsdrift, South Africa. Circa 1992.
Identifier: islandora:12057

Title: Wynberg Dutch Reformed Church, Cape Town, 1986
Subject: Wynberg (Cape Town, South Africa), Religion, Architecture, Historic buildings
Description: Founded in 1829, the historical Wynberg Dutch Reformed Church has been the subject of drastic and unusual restoration measures, carried out by Gordon Verhoef and Krause, the well known Cape Town decorating company. The 700 mm thick walls were pushed aside by the roof structure and to remedy this craftsmen cut grooves 25 mm x 30 mm deep in two sets, 300 mm apart, on the inner and outer walls at eaves level. These grooves accommodated 12 mm thick high tensile steel cables anchored in steel plates at the end of the walls. The cables were then stressed hydraulically, secured and cut off flush with the face of the plates. They were then mortar caulked and faced up so that after re-decoration inside and outside one is unable to detect the building is now collared with steel. The history of the church goes back to the time when members of the Dutch Reformed Church living in Constantia and Simonstown, etc., found the distance to Cape Town becoming irksome. After some discussion as to whether a new church should be built in Mowbray or in Wynberg, Wynberg was chosen and application was made to the Government for a grant of land. In August 1831 the foundation stone was laid by Sir John Truter, father and founder of the congregation. Born in the Cape, he studied law and was for many years in the service of the Dutch East India Company. In 1809 he became fiscal and then, in 1812, Chief Justice. In 1820 he was knighted by King George IV, the first Afrikaner to be honoured. The church was finished in 18 months and dedicated in September 1832, but by 1843 the congregation had grown in size and two new wings were added. This enlarged church was in use until 1889 when the congregation had outgrown it again, and a new church was built on the site of the old one. The new church is substantially the same as the old one except for the spire which replaced an ornate lantern. Inside, the arched roof is supported by four grey granite pillars which were a gift from Cecil John Rhodes when the church was rebuilt. All that is left of the original structure is a little side building with a small bell arch which still summons the congregation to morning and evening services.
Identifier: islandora:17272

Title: A church stands tall on a street in District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: Set against the mountain, a church stands out on a street in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18526

Title: Former New Apostolic Church, Cape Town, 1984
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Urban development, Commerce, Architecture
Description: A night club and takeaways have replaced a New Apostolic church.
Identifier: islandora:17310

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