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Title: Anglican Church of St. Barnabas, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Built of Table Mountain sandstone and Kloof granite, St. Barnabas's Church has a red roof which contrasts pleasing with the pines that stand as sentinels. The building has the charm that is derived from solid mellowness of weathered stone.
Identifier: islandora:17290

Title: General plan of the European Reserve in the District of Port St. Johns, Pondoland. Sheet no. 1
Subject: Pondoland (South Africa)--History--Maps, Land use--South Africa--Pondoland, Pondoland (South Africa)--Description and travel--Maps,
Description: Plan of the European Reserve in the District of Port St. Johns, Pondoland, showing farmlands, names of places, forests, rivers, mountains, and main roads. Relief shown by shading. Some colours. Scale 100 Cape Roods to the inch.
Identifier: islandora:30086

Title: Oral history interview with Trevor Adams, a survivor of the St. James Church massacre [Part 1 of 2]
Subject: Oral history, St. James Church (Kenilworth, South Africa), Forgiveness--South Africa, Reconciliation, ,
Description: On the 25th July 1993, four operatives of the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA), the armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) attacked St James Church in Kenilworth, Cape Town, during a Sunday evening service. Approximately one hundred congregants were inside the Church. During the attack, the congregants were fired on with automatic weapons and two hand grenades were thrown into the Church. Eleven members of the congregation died and fifty-eight were injured. This research explores the intra- and inter-personal tensions within the testimonies of survivors on the process of forgiveness and reconciliation. Themes include: the amnesty application by the APLA cadets to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC); personal responses to trauma; memories of the event; Christian beliefs in context of personal trauma; congregational mapping; political violence and the public and personal processes of forgiveness., Pol2.01.mp3: Part 1 of 2 ; 25:04 min. ; interview 1 of 6
Identifier: islandora:22639

Title: Transkei, near Port St. Johns
Subject: Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, , ,
Description: Location: Near Port St. Johns., Ecology: Coastline, coastal forest and grassland.
Identifier: islandora:10466

Title: St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral, Cape Town, 1981
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Yesterday marked the 130th anniversary of the dedication of St Mary's Cathedral and after Solemn High Mass, His Eminence Owen Cardinal McCann, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cape Town, braved the rain together with Monsignor C G Watkins (on the archbishop's left), the Rev Father Rodney Hall (on his right) and the choir to pose for the Cape Times outside the cathedral.
Identifier: islandora:17296

Title: St. George's Cathedral extensions, Cape Town, 1979
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, Artisans, Building
Description: Mr Charles Borril, 44, one of the five stonemasons cutting stones in the time-honoured fashion for the new bell tower and extension to St. George's Cathedral.
Identifier: islandora:17319

Title: St. Lucia
Subject: Forest, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Zonal & Intrazonal Forest, , , ,
Description: Location: Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park., Ecology: Grassland and dune forest.
Identifier: islandora:10452

Title: St. Lucia
Subject: Forest, Zonal & Intrazonal Forest, , , ,
Description: Location: Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park., Ecology: Coastal forest, grassland.
Identifier: islandora:10455

Title: Anti-crime march from St George's Cathedral, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Crime
Description: Wet steps: Cape Town Mayor William Bantom leads clergymen and other dignitaries in an anti-crime march from St George's Cathedral to the Grand Parade to hand Cape Premier Hernus Kriel a memorandum.
Identifier: islandora:17838

Title: St. Paul's Anglican Church, Cape Town, 1965
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Bishop Lavis's Church : St. Paul's Church, Bree Street, where Bishop Lavis will be honoured by the citizens of Cape Town to-morrow. He served a large Anglican community there from his arrival in Cape Town in 1898 till 1928. Now his son-in-law the Rev K. O'Connor-Fenton has been rector there for six years. Bishop Lavis always said he wanted to be buried from St. Paul's. It was his last home. The Archbishop of Cape Town will celebrate Requiem Mass there at 9 a.m. to-morrow.
Identifier: islandora:17292

Title: St. Peter's Cemetery, Observatory, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Observatory (Cape Town, South Africa), Cemeteries, Memorials, Land, Wrecking
Description: Soon to be razed: St. Peter's Cemetery in Observatory, which is being sold to a developer. It is believed permission will be sought to have the land rezoned to allow for residential development. The church is to use the funds to buy a block of flats.
Identifier: islandora:15146

Title: Union celebrations in St George's Street, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), date unknown, Festivals, History, Colonialism
Description: Union celebrations in St George's Street, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:14530

Title: Overturned cars in St George's Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Apartheid, Motorcars
Description: Two cars were overturned in St George's Street. A city centre employee sprints away from the scene after rescuing a trolley which was almost crushed.
Identifier: islandora:17702

Title: St Mark's Church, and its rector, District Six, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals (South Africa), Religion, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: Above: The rector of St Mark's, The Rev. Stanley Gray, stands before his church in this, the brick-strewn landscape of District Six.
Identifier: islandora:18000

Title: Protest, St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Civil unrest, Demonstrations, Church buildings, Law enforcement, Weapons
Description: Protesters disperse as a smoke canister explodes outside St George's Cathedral, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16444

Title: Crowd outside St Mark's Church in District Six, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals (South Africa), Religion, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: Unveiling: Part of the crowd outside St Mark's Church in District Six before the unveiling of the plaque.
Identifier: islandora:17997

Title: Cape Government Railways. Plan showing approximate route of light railway from Touws River St. to Sutherland via Pienaar's Kloof, Koedoos Berg & Verlaten Kloof, to accompany report by E. George A. Schèle A.M.I.C.E Engineer in Charge of Survey dated 31 August 2899
Subject: Railroads--South Africa--Western Cape--Maps, Railroads--South Africa--Northern Cape--Maps, ,
Description: Map showing railway line from Village of Ceres and Touws River to Village of Sutherland, with rivers, roads and small place names. Some colour. Scale 1 cm to 10 miles
Identifier: islandora:25137

Title: St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture
Description: St. George's Cathedral: there is a peaceful country flavour about this picture of St. George's Cathedral.
Identifier: islandora:17313

Title: Umdoni, St. Lucia
Subject: Forest, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Zonal & Intrazonal Forest, , , ,
Description: Location: Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park., Ecology: Coastal grassland and coastal forest.
Identifier: islandora:10446

Title: Translation of St. John
Subject: KhoeSan languages -- African languages--History
Description: Sound recording by Ernst Westphal., Westphal reads passages from the Gospel according to St John, which are then translated by the informants, Tape numbered 7.12
Identifier: islandora:22277

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