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Title: OK Bazaar staff canteen, Cape Town
Subject: Employees, ,
Description: Mitchell's Plain - T/Centre / OK Bazzaar Mitchell's Plain staff canteen.
Identifier: islandora:15336

Title: Observatory station master, Cape Town
Subject: Transport, Railroad stations, Railroad station managers, ,
Description: Proudest station master in the Peninsula today is probably Mr D. Airth. In yesterday's Argus a letter from a reader says: "In these times of grumbles and grouses and dissatisfaction in general, praise be to the Observatory station master for the beautiful garden he has created on railway property." But modest Mr Airth says the praise should go to the Railways horticulturist. "I only look after it," he said. Mr Airth, who is a keen gardener, finds soccer nights at Hartleyvale the bane of his life. "Clearing the garden of bottles and tins can be quite a business," he said.
Identifier: islandora:15571

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: Ticket inspector helps commuters with timetable, Cape Town
Subject: Railroads, Infrastructure, Railroad trains, ,
Description: Railways ticket inspector Mr Cornelius Jackson was on hand at the Mitchell's Plain station early today to help commuters with a timetable. The new rail service came into effect today.
Identifier: islandora:15353

Title: Children play outside, Cape Town
Subject: Youth, Squatter settlements, Poverty, Apartheid, ,
Description: Children play outside the black tents. Without passes their parents can not get permanent jobs so there is no money for Christmas presents or festive foods.
Identifier: islandora:15589

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

Title: Cape Town mayor holds banquet for mayors of surrounding municipalities, Cape Town
Subject: Dinners and dining, ,
Description: Cape Town's mayor, Mr Ted Mauerberger, seated, last night played host to 15 mayors of surrounding municipalities at a banquet held in the Cape Town City Hall. Guest mayors were, from left: Mr P.L. Claasen (The Strand), Mr D. Heynes (Pinelands), Mr J.A.E. Kotze (Somerset West), Mr Hannes Louw (Parow), Mr van Wyk van Breda (Durbanville), Mr J.P. Jooste (Brackenfell), Mr I.N. Hampshire, chairman of the Divisional Council, Mr P.G. Marais (Stellenbosch), Dr C.J.G. Niehaus (Paarl), Mr J. Gelb (Milnerton), Mr J.G. Pearce (Fish Hoek), Mr L.J. Rothmn (deputy mayor of Goodwood), Mr G. Wilson (Simonstown), Mr M.C. Malan (Wellington) and Mr G.J. van Wyk (Kraaifontein) Other local dignitaries attended the banquet including the Judge President of the Cape, Mr Justice J.W. van Zijl.
Identifier: islandora:15227

Title: Man kneels next to the grave of his son, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, Forced removals (South Africa), Relocation, Agriculture, Demonstrations, ,
Description: A white Phillipi farmer has vowed to barricade himself, his wife and two children inside his farmhouse to protect their property and the grave of his infant son from Department of Community Development bulldozers. For Mr Derek Galloway, of the farm Reiersvlei, could soon become a victim of the Group Areas Act. / Mr Galloway at the gravesite of his child on the farm at Philippi.
Identifier: islandora:15820

Title: Shrines near Bakoven suffer damage from floods, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Worship, Weather, ,
Description: Cape Town's Muslim community nearly lost part of its "protective holy circle" of shrines in the floods last week and calls have been made to give urgent attention to protecting these historic burial sites against vandals and natural disasters. Damage to several tombs near Bakoven during last weekend's floods has renewed fears among the Muslim community that the circle could be broken if nothing is done to stop the deterioration of the shrine.
Identifier: islandora:15495

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: Soldiers stand next to their motorcycles as their commander inspects them, Cape Town
Subject: South Africa. Parliament, Governments, Legislation, Transport, ,
Description: Soldiers stand next to their motorcycles as their commander inspects them, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15749

Title: Winnie Mandela mingles with celebrities, Cape Town
Subject: circa 1990, Mandela, Winnie, Gabriel, Peter, 1950-
Description: Winnie Mandela, wife of Nelson Mandela. Left: Peter Gabriel, singer and songwriter.
Identifier: islandora:14730

Title: Clerk and interpreter talk to squatters about relocating, Cape Town
Subject: Authority, Forced removals (South Africa), Homeless persons, ,
Description: Transit talk: Milnerton town clerk Mr Peter Gerber uses an interpreter in discussions with squatters about their relocation to the temporary transit area next week.
Identifier: islandora:15298

Title: The Mouille Point blue train, Cape Town
Subject: Railroads, Railroad trains - Maintenance and repair, ,
Description: Mr Johnny Peters, driver of the Mouille Point blue train, fondly touches the wheel of the engine as it is lifted off the tracks to undergo a well deserved overhaul.
Identifier: islandora:15375

Title: Couple at jewellers choosing a wedding ring, Cape Town
Subject: Wedding rings, Newlyweds, ,
Description: It is never too late to marry and this is exactly what Mr Peter Samuel, 62, and Miss Anna Pieterson, 64, have decided to do after a friendship which began "long ago". Yesterday they were at a jewellers choosing the ring which Mr Samual will present to the love of his life when they wed at their old age home in Woodstock today. And what were their feelings before the great event? "It's love, it's love," beamed Miss Pieterson. "It's nerves, nerves," said her husband-to-be.
Identifier: islandora:15222

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