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Bishop Lavis Drive, Cape Town
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Bishop Lavis (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Townships, Apartheid, Youth, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Coloured people (South Africa)
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Bishop Lavis Drive in Bishop Lavis township, Cape Town
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islandora:16852
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Cathedral of District Six, Cape Town
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District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals (South Africa), Religion, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
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Top: St Mark's Anglican Church stands steadfast on the hill in District Six. A symbol of tradition for some, the church was once called the "Cathedral of District Six" and the "small Vatican", and still holds High Mass three times a month. Here, the congregation streams down the hill after a Sunday morning service. Many once lived in the now bare land of District Six.
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Identifier
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islandora:17989
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Separate Amenities in practice, Cape Town
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Simon's Town (Cape of Good Hope, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Separate Amenities Act, 1953, Race discrimination, Segregation, Apartheid signage
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Mr Larrington Dyasi is mystified. The Simon's Town handyman has been bringing his family to the beach at Simon's Town for more than a year. Now suddenly signs have been put up banning him from the beach.
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Identifier
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islandora:16664
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Divisional Council offices, Atlantis, Cape Town
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Atlantis (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Coloured Labour Preference Area Policy (South Africa), Local government, Demonstrations
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Angry crowds outside the offices of the Divisional Council in Atlantis, the dormitory suburb built for Coloured people outside Cape Town
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Identifier
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islandora:16713
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Apartheid beach signage, Cape Town
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Simon's Town (Cape of Good Hope, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Separate Amenities Act, 1953, Race discrimination, Segregation, Apartheid signage
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Simonstown beach reserved for whites only in the apartheid era
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Identifier
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islandora:16654
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District Six resident faces eviction, Cape Town
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District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Forced removals (South Africa), Housing, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
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The threat of eviction from District Six clouds the Christmas season for Mrs Margaret Gesant, 74, seen here with her granddaughter, Mrs Eileen Europa, who also faces eviction with her five children.
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islandora:17986
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Retrenched resident of Atlantis, Cape Town
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Atlantis (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Labour, Economy, Unemployment
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Miss Charmaine van Wyk, foreground, recently retrenched, stands with a friend on the stairs of their Atlantis council block: " If you can't get work, how can you pay rent?"
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islandora:16700
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Youth in Nooitgedaght Cape Town
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Bishop Lavis (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Townships, Apartheid, Infrastructure, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Coloured people (South Africa)
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Young boy sharpens a knife at Nooitgedaght, Bishop Lavis, on the Cape Flats
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Identifier
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islandora:16851
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Searle street resident receives blessing, Cape Town
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Western Cape (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Religion, Forced removals, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
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Mrs Mabel Dias, 91, of Searle Street hopes that she will die before the bulldozers reach there. Here she receives a blessing from Father Basil Van Rensburg of Holy Cross parish.
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Identifier
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islandora:17984
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Bulldozer destroys shacks at Modderdam Road, Cape Town
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Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Townships, Apartheid, Housing, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Forced removals (South Africa)
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Shacks at Modderdam Road squatter camp in Bellville South, home to Africans regarded as being in Cape Town illegally by apartheid authorities, was destroyed by two bulldozers during one week in August 1977
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Identifier
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islandora:16838