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Title: Piebald Court
Subject: South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989--Caricatures and cartoons, Apartheid--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: Inevitable racial mixing in the urban areas forced the government to make some adaptions to their policy of rigid racial separation, which gave rise to anomalies and inconsistencies, which were explained as 'the natural evolution' of apartheid. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6146

Title: Anti-LRA march
Subject: South Africa. Labour Relations Act, 1995, Demonstrations--South Africa--Cape Town, Political participation--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: Anti-Labour Relations Act (LRA) march in Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:5193

Title: Gang hideouts, Belhar
Subject: Belhar (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Crime, Gangs, Coloured people (South Africa)
Description: A girl is dwarfed by the dunes in which gangsters hide out. People are attacked and robbed almost daily on their way to the bus and railway stations.
Identifier: islandora:16772

Title: Apartheid signage at Hout Bay beach
Subject: Hout Bay (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Separate Amenities Act, 1953, Race discrimination, Segregation, Apartheid signage
Description: Meddlers with Hout Bay's 'Whites Only' beach signs need a long arm, or something to stand on, to get to them.
Identifier: islandora:16661

Title: Dr Kildare falls foul of the Immorality Act
Subject: South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989--Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa. Immorality Act, 1950, South Africa--Social conditions--1961-1994--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, South Africa
Description: A reader drew attention to a scandalous matter featuring �in one of the Cape Times comic strips. Popular hero, Dr Kildare was defying the Immorality Act by falling in love with an Indian woman. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6144

Title: City Bowl and Devil's Peak
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Aerial views, Historic buildings, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950.
Description: View of central Cape Town towards Devil's Peak, before the demolition of District Six.
Identifier: islandora:17047

Title: The Maccassar estate where houses were built for Somchem's coloured employees
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Residential buildings, ,
Description: The Macassar estate where Murray & Roberts' Specialised Contracting Division recently completed 151 houses for Bonaero Park (Pty) Limited, the developer. The houses are all for Somchem's Coloured employees.
Identifier: islandora:15181

Title: Dumping Bill
Subject: South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989--Caricatures and cartoons, Apartheid--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, Blacks--Relocation--South Africa--Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, Forced removals (South Africa)--Caricatures and cartoons, South Africa
Description: Under apartheid�s so-called dumping bills large numbers of black people were forced to relocate from urban areas to barren and remote areas in the homelands. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6145

Title: Bulldozers and lorries in District Six
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Forced removals, Demolition
Description: Bulldozers and lorries continue clearing operations in District Six as St Mark's Church stands forlornly in the background. The government plans to build a multi-million rand technikon for whites on the site, but the Anglican church, which owns the building, refuses to budge.
Identifier: islandora:18007

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