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Title: Carpet sellers, Umbumbulu, KwaZulu-Natal
Subject: Self-employed women--South Africa, Urban poor--South Africa, Informal sector (Economics)--South Africa, Women--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Informal carpet sellers carry off-cuts on their heads. Buying off-cuts from a factory provided them with material and the opportunity to make a little money.
Identifier: islandora:5717

Title: Carpet sellers, Umbumbulu, KwaZulu-Natal
Subject: Self-employed women--South Africa, Urban poor--South Africa, Informal sector (Economics)--South Africa, Women--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Informal carpet sellers work with off-cuts. Buying off-cuts from a factory provided them with material and the opportunity to make a little money.
Identifier: islandora:5716

Title: Bakoven, Cape Town
Subject: Bakoven (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Coasts, Weather, Storms, Environment
Description: Stormy waters off Bakoven, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16761

Title: Fishing industry, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Fishing, Crayfish industry, Recreation, Ocean, Seafood
Description: Manual Moniz on Seafarer: crayfishing industry.
Identifier: islandora:15030

Title: Apartheid beach signage, Cape Town
Subject: 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
Description: Simonstown beach reserved for whites only in the apartheid era
Identifier: islandora:16654

Title: Retha Tait sheltered Crossroads refugees, Cape Town
Subject: Crossroads (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid
Description: Left: Miss Retha Tait co-ordinator of the centre, shows the summons served on her for sheltering Crossroads refugees in a white area.
Identifier: islandora:17527

Title: Leaving for the Antarctic, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Exploration and discovery, Research, Polar regions
Description: Southward Bound. The South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) research and support team which left Cape Town yesterday, (front row from left) Mr Des Griggs, Mr Greg Duvill, Gr Fred van der Merwe, Mr Bun Booysens, (second row) Mr Jannie van der Merwe, Mr Rod Alexander, Mr Pieter Greyling, Mr Eddie Barlett, (third row) Mr Adriaan van Zyl, Mr Philip Slier, Mr Stephen Irons, Mr Bruce Duvenhage, (back row) Mr Andrew Walton and Mr Christo van Rensburg.
Identifier: islandora:16671

Title: The Pollsmoor Prison band, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Jails, Reformatories, Prisoners, Music
Description: The Pollsmoor Prison Band and SHAWCO drum majorettes will provide a floodlit performance.
Identifier: islandora:16024

Title: Fishing industry, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Fishing industry, Recreation, Ocean, Seafood
Description: Japanese fishing boats take a break at Cape Town docks to take on supplies and overhaul their deep-sea crayfish nets. The heavily equipped vessels have been fishing beyond South Africa's territorial limits.
Identifier: islandora:15021

Title: Ruined house in District Six, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Children, Housing
Description: A ruined house in District Six, half open to the sky, is the 'home' in which Mr and Mrs E. Rolfe, seen here with their youngest child Charlene are trying to bring up a family. Mrs Rolfe is expecting another child next month.
Identifier: islandora:17982

Title: Site of new Southern Sun hotel, Strand Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Development, Architecture, Demolition, Tourism
Description: Corner of Burg and Strand Streets is to be the site of a Southern Sun Hotel.
Identifier: islandora:17208

Title: Separate Amenities in practice, Cape Town
Subject: 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
Description: 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.
Identifier: islandora:16664

Title: Man gestures the peace sign in a crowded hall, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, University of Cape Town, Political activists, Student protestors
Description: University of Cape Town (UCT) medical student Mr Alexander Heywood received a standing ovation as he re-entered Maitland Town Hall last night after being asked to leave. The Minister of Justice, Mr J.T. Kruger, addressed a National Party meeting, frequently disturbed by interjections.
Identifier: islandora:15968

Title: District Six residents receive communion, Cape Town
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Religion
Description: Father Basil Van Rensburg gives Mr Paddy Kavanagh and his wife, Doris, communion at their home in District Six.
Identifier: islandora:17983

Title: Closure of Stuttafords department store, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Economic recession, Economy, Urban development, Architecture
Description: The site was sold after flagging sales caused the branch to run at a loss. The company will continue to operate from Cavendish Square in Claremont.
Identifier: islandora:17035

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: Allan Boesak at a UDF [United Democratic Front] meeting, Cape Town
Subject: Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946-, Religious leaders, Political activists, United Democratic Front (South Africa), Apartheid era
Description: Allan Boesak at an United Democratic Front meeting in Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:14477

Title: Church Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Historic buildings, Roads
Description: Looking up Church Street, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17507

Title: Father holds portrait of his daughter, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Grief, Youth
Description: The youngest known victim of the unrest on the Cape Flats last week, nineteen-month-old Belinda Moore, was buried yesterday. Here, her father, Mr Peter Moore, holds a portrait of Belinda over her coffin. His wife, Mrs Anne Moore, is on his left and they are surrounded by friends and relatives.
Identifier: islandora:16191

Title: Temba Lucas Tshibika acquitted of terrorism today, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Politics, Acquittals
Description: Mr Temba Lucas Tshibika ... acquitted of terrorism today.
Identifier: islandora:17617

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