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Title: Bishop Lavis Drive, Cape Town
Subject: Bishop Lavis (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Townships, Apartheid, Youth, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Coloured people (South Africa)
Description: Bishop Lavis Drive in Bishop Lavis township, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16852

Title: House of Representatives, Tricameral Parliament, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Coloured people (South Africa), South Africa. Tricameral Parliament, Segregation
Description: New House: The new National Party Ministers' Council in the House of Representatives got down to business with its first official meeting today. Council chairman, centre, Mr Jac Rabie and Reverend Andrew Julies, left, Minister of Health and Welfare, are in front with Mr Patrick McEnery, Director General of the House. In the back row are Mr Pieter Saaiman, Minister of Local Government, Housing and Agriculture, Education and culture Minister Mr Abe Williams, Budget Minister Mr Gerald Morkel, and Mr Cecil Heradien, Deputy Minister of Local Government, Housing and Agriculture.
Identifier: islandora:16923

Title: Marching band, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Festivals, Apartheid, Culture, Music, Coloured people (South Africa)
Description: Girls marching band, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16738

Title: Athlone , Cape Town
Subject: Athlone (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Coloured people (South Africa), Housing, Poverty
Description: Children at a sub-economic housing development in Athlone, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16718

Title: Colour. View from Jameson Steps over Cape Flats
Subject: Colour image, Cape Flats, Jameson Hall
Identifier: islandora:7513

Title: Oral history interview with Reg September [Part 2 of 4]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, South African Coloured People's Organisation, September, Reg
Description: This is a series of unrelated interviews from the period 1985-1990 with people involved in different spheres of political life in Africa, with particular reference to the politics of South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Zambia and the Congo. Interviewees include, Jane Gool, Hassan Howa, Hosea Jaffe, I.B. Tabata, Jack Cope and Otillie Abrahams. Themes include: African National Congress (ANC) training camps, anti-discrimination in sport, life in exile in Botswana and Namibia, gender empowerment , the history of St. Francis, Langa in the Western Cape, Non-European Unity Movement (NUEM), political upheaval in Kenya, rural life and work and the South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO), Pin4.42b.mp3: Part 2 of 4 ; 32:04 min. ; interview 42 of 52
Identifier: islandora:29723

Title: Commercial district, Athlone, Cape Town
Subject: Athlone (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Commerce, Economy, Coloured people (South Africa)
Description: Shopping centre in Athlone, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16715

Title: Colour. Aerial view with Sports Complex
Subject: Colour image, Sports Complex, Aerial view
Identifier: islandora:7514

Title: Coloured housing development, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), City planning, Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Housing, Coloured people (South Africa)
Description: Bellville - new township development for Coloured people in Belhar, mid-1960s
Identifier: islandora:16814

Title: Student meeting, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Coloured people (South Africa), Black consciousness, Demonstrations
Description: Non-European Students at UWC, 1970s
Identifier: islandora:16877

Title: Marching band, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Festivals, Apartheid, Culture, Music, Coloured people (South Africa)
Description: Coloured Scout brigade marching band, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16740

Title: Oral history interview with Reg September [Part 1 of 4]
Subject: Oral history, Political activists-- South Africa--Interviews, Government, Resistance to--South Africa, South African Coloured People's Organisation, September, Reg
Description: This is a series of unrelated interviews from the period 1985-1990 with people involved in different spheres of political life in Africa, with particular reference to the politics of South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Zambia and the Congo. Interviewees include, Jane Gool, Hassan Howa, Hosea Jaffe, I.B. Tabata, Jack Cope and Otillie Abrahams. Themes include: African National Congress (ANC) training camps, anti-discrimination in sport, life in exile in Botswana and Namibia, gender empowerment , the history of St. Francis, Langa in the Western Cape, Non-European Unity Movement (NUEM), political upheaval in Kenya, rural life and work and the South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO), Pin4.42a.mp3: Part 1 of 4 ; 31:44 min. ; interview 42 of 52
Identifier: islandora:29722

Title: "Q" Town, Cape Flats, Cape Town
Subject: Athlone (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Coloured people (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Housing, City planning
Description: Township housing development at 'Q' Town the Cape Flats in the 1940s.
Identifier: islandora:16975

Title: Marching band, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Festivals, Apartheid, Culture, Music, Coloured people (South Africa)
Description: Slaurca Fete- Good Shepherd Band
Identifier: islandora:16742

Title: Atlantis development, Cape Town
Subject: Atlantis (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Coloured Labour Preference Area Policy (South Africa), City planning, Labour
Description: Man from Atlantis - Piet Burger, project Director for Atlantis with the status of deputy secretary of the Cape Divisional Council, is the man whose vision saw the plans for the country's biggest Coloured city off the drawing boards to the vista he surveys. Burly and amiable, Mr Burger says: "I would like to devote my whole life to Atlantis...there is no bigger job satisfaction. But then my job will probably be filled by a Coloured man eventually."
Identifier: islandora:16698

Title: Divisional Council offices, Atlantis, Cape Town
Subject: Atlantis (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Coloured Labour Preference Area Policy (South Africa), Local government, Demonstrations
Description: Angry crowds outside the offices of the Divisional Council in Atlantis, the dormitory suburb built for Coloured people outside Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16713

Title: Apartheid-era military parade down Voortrekker Road, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Soldiers, Militarisation, Coloured people (South Africa), Armed forces
Description: The Regiment Westelike Provinsie exercises its right of freedom of entrance to the city of Bellville by marching down Voortrekker Road. The regiment was honoured by the mayor, Mr Danie Uys, during a ceremony at the weekend.
Identifier: islandora:16820

Title: Eviction in Athlone,Cape Town
Subject: Athlone (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Coloured people (South Africa), Housing, Poverty
Description: Family evicted from shack settlements in Athlone, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16716

Title: Atlantis resident, Cape Town
Subject: Atlantis (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Housing, Coloured Labour Preference Area Policy (South Africa), Women
Description: Resident of apartheid-era Atlantis, the dormitory suburb built for Coloured people outside Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16710

Title: Glen Beach, Cape Town
Subject: Camps Bay (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa.Separate Amenities Act, 1953, Beaches, Recreation, Coloured people (South Africa)
Description: This is Glen Beach, which has been proposed for use by Coloured people only. Residents say that only one section of the beach, a narrow channel on the Hout Bay side, can be regarded as safe for bathing. This channel is on the extreme right of the picture. Residents' bungalows are in the background. A sign says: 'Bathing is dangerous.'
Identifier: islandora:16991

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