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Title: Municipal Council of Johannesburg 1910
Subject: Johannesburg Metropolitan Area (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: The areas shown on this map of the municipality of Johannesburg include Paardekraal, Waterval no.19, Braamfontein no.127, Middel-Fontein no.128, Langlaagte no.129, Mooifontein no.130, Vierfontein no.131, Ormonde no.134, Turffontein no.135, Klipfontein no. 139, Doornfontein no.140, Klipriversberg no.141 and Cyferfontein no. 380. Concentric circles, creating range rings of 1 mile each, radiate from the city centre from 1 mile to 6 mile radii, from Randjeslaagte to the municipal boundary. The map also shows the municipal boundary, names of suburbs, street names, electric tramways, parks, mynpachts and other mine claims, mining operations, cemeteries, the show ground, clubs, the Oval, sewerage operations and installations, dams and other waterways (e.g. rivers)., Bar scale given in Cape feet and English feet.
Identifier: islandora:19755

Title: Dear old Grandpa ' Twenty-five years on the City Council housing list and they've finally given him a plot.
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--1994- --Caricatures and cartoons, Housing policy--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: A sad comment on Cape Town's housing backlog where people sometimes spent a lifetime on the waiting list.Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6127

Title: Professor Chris Barnard studies the University Council's Gold Medal of Merit, Cape Town
Subject: Barnard, Christiaan, 1922-2001, Surgeons--South Africa, University of Cape Town--Awards
Description: Gold Medal: Prof. Chris Barnard studies the University Council's Gold Medal of Merit which was presented to him at UCT's [University of Cape Town] mid-year graduation ceremony yesterday. The heat surgeon us the first recipient of the new award for outstanding achievement.
Identifier: islandora:14805

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