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Title: Woman stands in front of half her house, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Wrecking, ,
Description: Mrs Alice van Blerk outside half her house in Observatory. Arrow shows where building operations have cut the house by half.
Identifier: islandora:15573

Title: Muslim woman shows religious cloth, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Worship, ,
Description: Muslim woman shows religious cloth, Cape Town. Muslim Shrines (Bakoven).
Identifier: islandora:15492

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 cleans her hands in river, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Worship, ,
Description: Woman cleans her hands in river, Cape Town. Muslim Shrines (Bakoven).
Identifier: islandora:15494

Title: Woman wearing burqa gestures while talking to companion, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Gender, ,
Description: Woman wearing burqa gestures while talking to companion, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15499

Title: Tension is high among Manenberg residents after the murder of a woman and arrest of a youth, Cape Town
Subject: Civil unrest, Justice, ,
Description: Angry men: Manenberg residents gather amid tension after arrest of a youth and the killing of a woman.
Identifier: islandora:15236

Title: Woman sitting in chair looks up at the dripping ceiling, Cape Town
Subject: Poverty, Weather, , ,
Description: Woman sitting in chair looks up at the dripping ceiling, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15602

Title: Woman sits amongst her happy family, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Discrimination, ,
Description: Happy Window: Mrs Beatrice Mbatini of Guguletu, seen here with her family, says she is "the happiest woman in the world". Mrs Mbatani was to have been endorsed out of Cape Town tomorrow, but yesterday her stay was extended till the end of the month for her case to be investigated. "So many friends have come by to give me their good wishes - I'm so happy," Mrs Mabatani (centre) said yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:15797

Title: Woman takes out money to pay fine, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Discrimination, ,
Description: Total fines of R1960 were imposed for pass law offences at Langa yesterday. Here, a woman draws R10 notes from her purse to pay a fine for being in the Cape illegally for more than 72 hours.
Identifier: islandora:15799

Title: Woman crouches against rock to protect herself from the elements, Cape Town
Subject: Poverty, Homeless persons, ,
Description: Nawandle Ngongo crouches against a rock in Nyanga. All she has left to protect her from the elements is a blanket.
Identifier: islandora:15605

Title: Sick woman sitting on bed, Cape Town
Subject: Poverty, Homeless persons, Politics, ,
Description: Desperately ill, Mrs Evelyn Magxala spends her days in a sweltering tent in the Nyanga dunes waiting for the Administration Board to decide her fate and that of 750 other squatters.
Identifier: islandora:15604

Title: Bereaved woman tells her story, Cape Town
Subject: Grief, Riots, Demonstrations, ,
Description: "I feel I was robbed of my unborn child." These were the words of 26 year old Mrs Noelit Mfino to describe her pain and grief after a miscarriage after teargas was fired at a crowd at the Nyanga squatter site this week. The abrupt end of her pregnancy dashed the long-cherished hope of Mrs Mfino for a son. She has four daughters. Still shocked and in pain, Mrs Mfino described her ordeal through an interpreter at the Rondebosch home of a clergyman where she is recovering.
Identifier: islandora:15603

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:18197

Title: Woman with National Party bade pinned to headscarf, Cape Town
Subject: National Party (South Africa), Politics, ,
Description: Woman with National Party badge pinned to headscarf, Cape Town. NP Election camp.
Identifier: islandora:15517

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: Apartheid era: mixed marriages. A man and woman living together, who cannot legally get married, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, Intermarriage, ,
Description: Mrs Diana Bassick, and her common-law husband, Mr Raymond De Proft. Living together for 27 years but they cannot legally marry.
Identifier: islandora:15216

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