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Title: Woman hanging washing, 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: A woman hangs up her washing in the backyard of her home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18503

Title: Woman holding tea in a kitchen, 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: A woman holds a cup of tea and poses for a picture in the kitchen of a home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18518

Title: Woman standing in a doorway, 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: A woman stands in the doorway of her home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18527

Title: Pregnant woman stand holding her two kids hands, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Discrimination, ,
Description: Heavily pregnant: Mrs Nomaliso Mthensi appeared in the Langa Commissioners Court yesterday with her two children clinging to her skirts. Here, she leaves the court after paying a fine of R70 for Pass Law offences.
Identifier: islandora:15796

Title: Woman in the window of her home, 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: A woman looks through a window in her home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18509

Title: Woman walks past City hall with PFP signage next to her, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Progressive Federal Party (South Africa)
Description: Caught between posters and police, a prospective voter looks for a way in at the City Hall polling station today.
Identifier: islandora:16010

Title: Elderly woman knitting, 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: An elderly woman sits and knits at a table in her home in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18517

Title: Woman holds flag and sign in protest, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations
Description: Woman holds flag and sign in protest, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16061

Title: First coloured woman to ever vote, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Gender, Politics
Description: First coloured woman ever to vote in South Africa is Mrs W. Simpson of Crawford. She rose early today to be in time for the opening of the polling station at the Lansdowne Civic Centre in the constituency of Liesbeek for the elections. Mrs Simpson is a prominent welfare worker among the Coloured community.
Identifier: islandora:15991

Title: Woman dancing at a live jazz music gig, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Jazz music--South Africa, Women--South Africa, South Africa--Social life and customs,
Description: A woman dances at a live jazz music gig in Cape Town, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:18250

Title: Woman in front of a shattered picture of Jesus and Mary, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Christianity
Description: Mrs Grace Ncube in her Guguletu home yesterday after the explosion.
Identifier: islandora:16229

Title: Woman delivering speech to crowd of protesters, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Civil unrest, Demonstrations, Public speaking
Description: Woman gives a speech to a crowd of protesters, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16424

Title: Black woman petrol attendant, Parow, Cape Town
Subject: Parow (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Labour, Apartheid, Women, Influx control, Transport,
Description: An African petrol attendant, one of six employed on the same driveway, fills up at a BP service station in Parow.
Identifier: islandora:15873

Title: Woman speaks at a protest against police brutality, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Law enforcement Demonstrations, Violence
Description: Woman speaks at a protest against police brutality, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16104

Title: Woman checks for man's name at the voting booth, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, University of the Western Cape
Description: Mr Adam Small, the Coloured poet and lecturer of philosophy at the University College of the Western Cape, was at the polling booths early today to cast his vote in the Coloured Persons' Representative Council elections. Miss M Benjamin, a canvasser at the polling station of the Lansdowne Civic Centre, in the constituency of Liesbeeck, checks his name on the voters' roll before he casts his vote.
Identifier: islandora:15981

Title: Man and woman in front of PFP campaign signage, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political campaigns, Progressive Federal Party (South Africa)
Description: L. van Zyl Slabbert and Mrs Barbara Sandler in front of Progressive Federal Party (PFP) signage.
Identifier: islandora:16009

Title: Woman holds anti-apartheid signage, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Anti-apartheid activists
Description: Woman holds anti-apartheid signage, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16059

Title: Woman holds a tissue as she cries over the loss of her son, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Grief, Youth, Law enforcement
Description: Mrs Elizabeth Fortuin weeps over the death of her son Bernard, 15, who was shot dead by police in Halt Road, Elsie's River, yesterday. Bernard, a standard five pupil, was one of two youths shot dead when police opened fire on a stone throwing crowd.
Identifier: islandora:16179

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