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Title: Phoenix Theatre, Camps Bay, Cape Town
Subject: Camps Bay (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Theatre, Entertainment, Urban development, Architecture
Description: The Phoenix Theatre at Camps Bay- what is its future? A theatre, cinema or a warehouse?
Identifier: islandora:16950

Title: Relatives of Internal Security Act detainees called for their release, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Apartheid, Politics
Description: Relatives of Internal Security Act detainees called for their release, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17776

Title: Black Sash torchlight demonstration against Sabotage Act, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Demonstrations, Women, Political activists, Black Sash (Society)
Description: Torchlight demonstration. Members of the Black Sash standing round the Torch of Freedom on the Grand Parade, Cape Town, last night [13.06.62] when a 15-minute torchlight demonstration against General Law Amendment Bill [Sabotage Bill] was staged. The gathering was probably the last before the Bill makes meetings and demonstrations on the Parade illegal.
Identifier: islandora:16867

Title: Black Sash protest against migratory labour system, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Demonstrations, Women, Political activists, Black Sash (Society)
Description: Black Sash demonstration outside Parliament against the Bantu Laws Amendment Bill
Identifier: islandora:16862

Title: District Six museum, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Post-apartheid era
Description: District Six Museum, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:18013

Title: Women chain themselves to a gate in protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Robben Island (South Africa), Hunger strikes, Apartheid
Description: Women chain themselves to a gate in protest, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16089

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

Title: Inaugural congress of the South African Domestic Workers' Union, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Trade unions, Domestic workers, Apartheid
Description: Domestics unite: Delegates to the inaugural congress of the South African Domestic Workers' Union (SADWU) at the University of Western Cape (UWC) at the weekend which united 50 000 domestic workers from several organisations in one union.
Identifier: islandora:18037

Title: Political protests, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Apartheid, South African Police, Arrest (Police methods)
Description: Political protesters arrested, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17707

Title: Wounded resident, Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Armored vehicles, Military, Apartheid, South African Police
Description: Police lift a wounded Crossroads resident into a Casspir armoured vehicle behind the Mahobe Drive Rent Board offices yesterday evening.
Identifier: islandora:17592

Title: Pedestrian berates picketers, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: Taking umbrage ... An unidentified pedestrian berates picketers outside St George's Cathedral yesterday. Police filmed the 45-minute picket but took no other action.
Identifier: islandora:17933

Title: Commercial district, Athlone, Cape Town
Subject: Athlone (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Commerce, Economy, Coloured people (South Africa)
Description: Shopping centre in Athlone, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16715

Title: Black Sash, War Memorial, Cape Town
Subject: Gardens (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Demonstrations, Women, Political activists, Black Sash (Society)
Description: Members of the Black Sash attend a Dedication Service at the War Memorial, Gardens, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16869

Title: Fishing-industry employees at the Hout Bay African Compound, Cape Town
Subject: Hout Bay (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Housing, Labour, Workers, Apartheid, Fishing industry
Description: This was the smartest of several immaculate rooms at the Hout Bay African Compound, which provides for fishing-industry employees in the area. It is also acknowledged as the show-piece compound in the Western Province. Yesterday was the annual inspection, and here two of the occupants of the room - Pete Zinba and Kapa Goodman - display their prizes, a cake and a leg of mutton.
Identifier: islandora:15836

Title: Coloured housing development, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), City planning, Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Housing, Coloured people (South Africa)
Description: Bellville - new township development for Coloured people in Belhar, mid-1960s
Identifier: islandora:16814

Title: Family reunited after separation, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: A family reunited after six weeks of separation: Mr Adam Jaffer, his wife Zerene, and son Reyhaan.
Identifier: islandora:17913

Title: Macassar Coloured township near Somerset West, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Residential buildings, ,
Description: Many families rehoused at the Macassar Coloured township near Somerset West have returned to their squatter lives in the bush, officials say. The families say they cannot afford the rents at Macassar and that they prefer the bush to the township.
Identifier: islandora:15184

Title: The Saambou National Building Society's new building in Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Business, Apartheid, Architecture, Building, Afrikaners
Description: An example of the office building accommodation available in Bellville's growing central business district district is this modern building society block. The Saambou National Building Society's new building in Bellville was officially opened this week by Dr C.F. Albertyn. In addition to the shopping space on the ground floor, there are seven floors of office space and the banking hall also provides for art exhibitions. Saambou now owns buildings in Bellville valued at more than R1 500 000. With office accommodation in big demand in the rapidly developing Tygeberg area, office blocks are going up all over. One of the latest and largest blocks is the Saambou National Building, opened towards the end of last year. This building offers shopping space on the ground floor and seven floors of office space.
Identifier: islandora:16830

Title: People protest for the release of political prisoners, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), circa 1991, Apartheid, Demonstrations, Robben Island (South Africa), Hunger strikes
Description: People protest for the release of political prisoners, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16116

Title: Accused terrorists on bail, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Bail
Description: On bail: Jozua "Ismael" Joubert, second from left, with co-accused, from left, Nazeem Adams, Anwaar Mentoor, Fadiel Adams and Yurus Adams. All are on bail pending appeals against sentences for terrorism and possessing illegal explosives.
Identifier: islandora:17616

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