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Title: Malay Quarter, Cape Town, 1968
Subject: Bo-Kaap (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Housing, Architecture
Description: Boarded up and derelict house in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town, in the late 1960s
Identifier: islandora:17239

Title: District Six, Cape Town, 1974-1975
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Housing--South Africa--Cape Town, Winer Batch01, ,
Description: District Six partly demolished, Cape Town, circa 1974-1975. Taken during the final stage of removal of 6000 families from District Six, for relocation to the Cape Flats and Atlantis, in terms of the Group Areas Act.
Identifier: islandora:12524

Title: District Six, Cape Town, 1974-1975
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Housing--South Africa--Cape Town, Children--South Africa--Cape Town, Winer Batch01, ,
Description: District Six partly demolished, Cape Town, circa 1974-1975. Taken during the final stage of removal of 6000 families from District Six, for relocation to the Cape Flats and Atlantis, in terms of the Group Areas Act.
Identifier: islandora:12523

Title: Desmond Tutu and Allan Boesak, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Religious leaders--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Tutu, Desmond, Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946-, St. George's Cathedral (Cape Town, South Africa),
Description: Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Allan Boesak and others at a church service in St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12652

Title: Winnie Mandela, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Mandela, Winnie, Cape Town International Airport,
Description: Friends greet Winnie Mandela at Cape Town International airport during a visit to see Nelson Mandela., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12658

Title: Ballroom at Tuynhuys, Cape Town, 1970
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Apartheid, Public buildings, Architecture
Description: Ballroom at De Tuynhuys, Cape Town, official office of the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa and associated with the seat of the highest political authority in the land for almost two and a half centuries.
Identifier: islandora:17270

Title: Burning barricades, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Demonstrations--South Africa--Cape Town, Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Segregation----South Africa--Cape Town, Political history--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Burning barricades in the streets of Athlone during protests and riots against apartheid, October 1985, Cape Town, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:5342

Title: Children picking spring daisies, Malay Quarter, Cape Town, 1960
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Environment, Urban development
Description: A hillside of old Cape Town: Malay children pick spring daisies on the Schotsche Kloof hillside in the Malay Quarter, which has one of the most spectacular views in the Peninsula. The area has been referred to as a 'festering sore'.
Identifier: islandora:17130

Title: Apartheid signage, Cape Town Station, 1966
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Apartheid, Race discrimination, Transport, Railways
Description: Non-white concourse on Cape Town Station.
Identifier: islandora:17426

Title: Exterior of Tuynhuys, Company's Gardens, Cape Town, 1985
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Apartheid, Public buildings, Architecture
Description: The exterior of De Tuynhuys, Cape Town, official office of the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa and associated with the seat of the highest political authority in the land for almost two and a half centuries
Identifier: islandora:17269

Title: Media being arrested by apartheid police, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Press--South Africa--Cape Town, Demonstrations--South Africa--Cape Town, Political history--South Africa--Cape Town, Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Cameraman Craig Matthews and his soundman, who were filming anti-apartheid protests in Cape Town, are arrested by police with orders to prevent media coverage of the unrest, October 1985, Cape Town, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:5340

Title: Sea Point swimming pool, Cape Town
Subject: Sea Point (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Separate Amenities Act, 1953, Water
Description: The public swimming pool at Sea Point, Cape Town, 1985.
Identifier: islandora:17197

Title: Malay Quarter restoration, Cape Town, 1978
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Architecture, Demolition
Description: These houses at the junction of Hout Street and Chiappini Street are beyond restoration. Under the second stage of the restoration scheme this site would be cleared and zoned for commercial purposes.
Identifier: islandora:17227

Title: District Six, Cape Town, 1974-1975
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Housing--South Africa--Cape Town, Rubble--South Africa--Cape Town, Winer Batch01
Description: Demolition in progress, District Six, Cape Town, circa 1974-1975. Taken during the final stage of removal of 6000 families from District Six, for relocation to the Cape Flats and Atlantis, in terms of the Group Areas Act.
Identifier: islandora:280

Title: UCT students, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Student protesters--South Africa, Universities and colleges--South Africa, University of Cape Town, Political activists--South Africa,
Description: Student activists, Jimi Matthews and Sahm Venter, on Jammie steps at the University of Cape Town (UCT)., circa 1980s
Identifier: islandora:12626

Title: Homes set alight by vigilantes, Crossroads, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Political history--South Africa--Cape Town, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Fires--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: A young comrade watches homes burning during the battle for Crossroads, a black settlement outside Cape Town. Vigilantes, backed by police, forced squatters of the KTC township to flee their shacks, by shooting and setting fire to their homes, Cape Town, South Africa, 10 June 1986.
Identifier: islandora:5347

Title: Malay Quarter restoration, Cape Town, 1965
Subject: Bo-Kaap (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Architecture, Local government
Description: Malay Quarter visit: members of the City Council's Finance and General Purpose Committee and other councillors yesterday inspected the two sections of the Malay Quarter where the Minister of Community Development, Mr P. W. Botha, is insisting that houses be reconstructed and restored on traditional lines. The committee will discuss the matter on Tuesday. Facing the camera in this picture taken in Wale Street with some of the affected properties in the back ground, are (left to right) Mrs J. Newton Thompson, Mr W. J. Peters, the Mayor, Mr H. M. Bowman, Mr F. Sonnenberg, Mr W. H. Andrag, Mrs E. D. Stott and, in the background, Mrs J. J. J. Bakker, chairman of the Housing Committee.
Identifier: islandora:17226

Title: Opening of Parliament, Cape Town City
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Politics, Legislative bodies, Apartheid
Description: Official opening, Parliament, 1965.
Identifier: islandora:15112

Title: Horse and cart in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town, 1979.
Subject: Bo-Kaap (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Children, Transport
Description: There are still buggies to ride - this one is in the Malay Quarter.
Identifier: islandora:17229

Title: Crowd awaiting Mandela's release, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Ex-prisoners, Political history--South Africa--Cape Town, Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Politicians--South Africa--Cape Town, Ex-presidents--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: A huge crowd of expectant South Africans await the arrival of freed political prisoner Nelson Mandela on the day of his release from jail, Grand Parade, Cape Town, South Africa, 11 February 1990.
Identifier: islandora:5359

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