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Title: Hindu funeral pyre, Maitland
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Maitland (Cape Town, South Africa), Cemeteries, Religion
Description: The Hindu funeral pyre at Maitland Cemetery No 2.
Identifier: islandora:15127

Title: Political detainee support, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid, Religion
Description: Young and old queued outside St George's Cathedral yesterday to sign Christmas cards to be sent to detainees part of a United Democratic Front Christmas campaign. A prayer service will be held for detainees at the Cathedral at 4pm on Sunday. Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his Roman Catholic counterpart, Archbishop Stephen Naidoo, will attend.
Identifier: islandora:17925

Title: Groote Kerk, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Religion, City planning, Urban development, Architecture
Description: Groote Kerk on Church Square, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17154

Title: Baptisms at Princess Vlei, Grassy Park, Cape Town
Subject: Grassy Park (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Rites and ceremonies, Religion, Apartheid, Christianity
Description: Hundreds of people gather at Princess Vlei for baptisms
Identifier: islandora:16765

Title: Pinkster Protestante Kerk, Vredehoek, Cape Town, 1969
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Religion, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Pastor Andrew Bester outside his church at Vredehoek.
Identifier: islandora:17317

Title: Baptisms at Princess Vlei, Grassy Park, Cape Town
Subject: Grassy Park (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Rites and ceremonies, Religion, Apartheid, Christianity,
Description: "This is what John the Baptist used to do", the short, intense man standing in the waist-deep water of Princess Vlei cried in an impassioned voice. He added: "There is no more John the Baptist, but Archbishop slingers is here." Handing his long white cross to a white-coated assistant, he turned toward a group of faithful follows shivering in the water around him. The World Wide Soul Clinic Crusade was about to baptise a new batch of converts. A long warm-up on shore, including fervent confessions by mean and women who said they had led lives of sin and then found Jesus, rocking to the tune of a five-piece jazz band, and a sermon by the ebullient Mr Slingers had preceded the dunkings. The confessors and band were aided by two large loud-speakers. When the weather is inclement, or transport to the vlei cant be arranged, ceremonies are performed in a bathtub in the movement's church. Weekend Argus was welcomed to the ceremony because "more people read the newspaper than the Bible, so they will help us spread the word," according to Mr Slingers. He blessed the cameras, film and photographer. As the jazz band blares its rollicking rhythms the members of the congregation clap, shout, dance, clasp hands, and raise faces and voices headwards in joyful thanksgiving. Tears run down the face of an old woman. Another smiles and nods to those about her. Occasionally, moved by her spirit of the music and joy around him, a man leaps in front of the crowd. When it is over, and all is quiet, there is an air like a simmering cauldron as happiness and peace of mind mingle and bubble in the atmosphere.
Identifier: islandora:16767

Title: Gereformeerde Kerk, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, Apartheid, Afrikaners, Religion, Architecture
Description: Slender simplicity: the spire of the Gereformeerde Kerk in Broadway Street, Bellville, one of several ultra-modern churches in the town.
Identifier: islandora:16790

Title: Pastoral scene at Faure, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Religion, Memorials
Description: Winter scene: Leaf-bare trees in this charming pastoral scene at Faure have their own beauty, soon to be transformed into the green budding of Spring.
Identifier: islandora:14885

Title: Groote Kerk, Cape Town, 1959
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Religion, City planning, Urban development, Architecture
Description: Aerial view of the Groote Kerk from Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1959
Identifier: islandora:17158

Title: Muslim community demonstrates, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Religion
Description: City demonstration - About 70 members of the Muslim community demonstrated yesterday outside the Monte Carlo Cinema on the Foreshore where the city's first Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is being staged.
Identifier: islandora:17845

Title: Presbyterian Church in Pinelands, Cape Town
Subject: Pinelands (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Religion, Faith, Worship, Architecture, Presbyterianism
Description: On the left is the new Presbyterian Church.
Identifier: islandora:15825

Title: Baptisms at Princess Vlei, Grassy Park, Cape Town
Subject: Grassy Park (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Rites and ceremonies, Religion, Apartheid, Christianity
Description: Hundreds of people gather at Princess Vlei for baptisms
Identifier: islandora:16764

Title: Christians protest about a constitution based on the laws of God, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Religion
Description: Christians protest about a constitution based on the laws of God, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16068

Title: Muslims with Yasser Arafat placards argue with police, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Law enforcement, Demonstrations, Religion, Palestine Liberation Organization
Description: Muslims with Yasser Arafat placards argue with police, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16070

Title: Road widening, Bureau Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Religion, Architecture, Roads, City planning
Description: Bureau Street widening : the annotated picture shows the strip of the present consistory site that will be taken over for widening Bureau Street. A new consistory will be erected on the piece of ground.
Identifier: islandora:17153

Title: Defaced sign outside the Cathedral, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Religion, Vandalism
Description: Poster defaced: paint trickles down the large board outside St. George's Cathedral after an attempt early yesterday morning to deface the board bearing a poster stating, "This Cathedral Stands for Peace and Justice Both Within its Walls and Without". Red paint, poured in the shape of a sickle and hammer with the word "Lenin" written below was also found on the steps of the Cathedral by the verger, Mr J. Riadore, yesterday at 6:30 am. Mr Riadore saw a man of about 30 sitting in a yellow car in a dark blue raincoat shortly before discovering the wet paint.
Identifier: islandora:16420

Title: Apartheid-era Founders' Day ceremony, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Afrikaner Nationalism, Apartheid, Memorials, Culture, Religion
Description: Puff stuff: Hitting the low notes at the Founders' Day (Van Riebeek Day) ceremony in the Heerengracht is Warrant Officer 1 Derek Hutton, his brightly-polished tuba reflecting Jan van Riebeeck's statue.
Identifier: islandora:16633

Title: Plantation on Lion's Head, Cape Town,
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Forestry, Environment, Religion, Historical monuments
Description: Gum tree plantation on Lion's Head is being continued along the Lion's Rump, the ridge of Signal Hill. Soon the grave in the foreground where Malay priests and their followers pray in the sunshine will be in the shadow of alien trees.
Identifier: islandora:17112

Title: St. Stephen's Church, Cape Town, 1990
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Religion, Architecture, Historic buildings
Description: Architectural heritage: wooden casement windows in the historic St. Stephen's Church on Riebeeck Square are being replaced as part of a restoration project sponsored by the Vernacular Architecture Society. The church was built in 1800 as the first theatre in South Africa and helped relieve the garrison's boredom during the first British occupation. It became part of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in 1857. Restoration workers, from left, Mr Kennet Plaatjies, Mr Sedick Slemming and Mr Shaheed Hendricks help conservation architect Mrs Pat Riley of the National Monuments Council size up a replacement window.
Identifier: islandora:17273

Title: Palm Tree Mosque, Cape Town, 1991
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Winds, Weather, Religion, Islam
Description: Parks and Forestry workers remove the remains of the historic palm outside the Palm Mosque in Long Street. The tree was blown down by a strong wind and crushed a car.
Identifier: islandora:17449

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