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Title: Woman with radio
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, radio, portrait, woman, San, indigenous, house, building, singing, dress, shadow, San (African people)--Recreation--Namibia, Tsumkwe District (Namibia)
Description: Weekend festivities. A woman, who appears to be singing, holds a radio on her shoulder. Tjum!kui, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11898

Title: Robben Island Lighthouse, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Buildings, Ships
Description: The Robben Island lighthouse, built in 1864.
Identifier: islandora:16551

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: Former Ministry of Education building
Subject: ruinsRuined buildings--Angola, Refugees--Angola
Description: Refugees who have fled the fighting in the Angolan countryside inhabit the former Ministry of Education building.
Identifier: islandora:8288

Title: Woman drinking
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, woman, bottle, child, alcohol, San, indigenous, Smirnoff sign, building, San (African people)--Alcohol use--Namibia, Tsumkwe District (Namibia)
Description: Returning from the bottlestore. A woman with a child on her back, drinks from a bottle. Tjum!kui, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11908

Title: Dutch Reformed Church, Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town, 1962
Subject: Three Anchor Bay (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: The foundation stone of the Dutch Reformed Church at Three Anchor Bay was laid in 1878, and two years later the church was opened for worship. The handrails on the steps, a memorial to Dr. Fred Murray, were placed there by his family.
Identifier: islandora:17303

Title: St. Peter's Church celebrates 100 years, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Religion, Church buildings, Centennial celebrations, etc., ,
Description: St. Peter's church, Mowbray which celebrated its centenary yesterday. The rector, the Rev. John Carter, can be seen standing at the church gates.
Identifier: islandora:15440

Title: Women pounding
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, woman, labour, smashing, San, indigenous, pole, work, labour, food, building, fence, tree, !Kung (African people)--Namibia, Household employees--Namibia, San (African people)--Employment--Namibia, Kavango (Namibia)
Description: Ju/'hoan domestic workers. Two women using long poles to pound a crop. One woman can be seen only partially. Kavango, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11988

Title: Jakob Malgas inside an abandoned building being used as a lookout post within the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
Subject: Malgas, Jakob, San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Stone buildings--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Ruined buildings--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Abandoned buildings and structures inside the park are now used as lookout posts for tourists and travellers. Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.
Identifier: islandora:27016

Title: Cradock Heights, Johannesburg
Subject: Office buildings--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Johannesburg--Designs and plans,
Description: Cradock Heights, Rosebank, Johannesburg. Landscape architecture plan for office building., Black and white print of original hand-drawn plan.
Identifier: islandora:28061

Title: Building new homes
Subject: Bushman, San, South Africa, indigenous, identity, ritual, land rights, art, crafts, army, dispossession, man, sillhouette, building, roof, house, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--Housing--South Africa--Northern Cape, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12489

Title: Nails holding Delft houses roofs in place, Cape Town
Subject: Delft (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Building materials
Description: Nailed: Natalie Crew shows the small nails used to hold the roofs of Delft houses in place.
Identifier: islandora:17627

Title: Gabled building at Zandvliet farm, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, ,
Description: The original gabled building dating back to 1699 at Zandvliet farm.
Identifier: islandora:15185

Title: Building destroyed during the Civil War
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Buildings--War damage--Angola--Cunene (Province),
Description: Building destroyed during the Angolan Civil War in Ngive, a town in the Cunene Province, southern Angola. Ngive is close to the border with Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:7008

Title: Henkie Barnard at a DTA meeting
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, man, child, group, San, indigenous, DTA, politics, building, hat, talk, meeting, Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (Namibia), Gobabis District (Namibia)
Description: Henkie Barnard with a group of people at a DTA (Democratic Turnhalle Alliance) meeting on his farm. Gobabis District, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11842

Title: Weekend pass
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, soldier, army, portrait, San, indigenous, mug, cup, drink, window, building, uniform, Soldiers, San--Namibia, Grootfontein (Namibia)
Description: Two soldiers relaxing outside a building. Grootfontein, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11689

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