Independent Newspapers Archive
University of Cape Town
This significant, under threat and extensive archive of about 850 000 images, now housed at UCT, spans a period from about the 1900’s – 2000. The archive has been identified as having highly significant social history and heritage value with a particular connection to Cape Town, Western Cape and UCT. Topics range from social conditions in and around Cape Town, key protests in pre- and post apartheid periods as well as a broad spectrum of political activity, sport and very large collection of images on prominent figures (sport, social, political). UCT Libraries has selected and scanned nearly 6 000 images with appropriate metadata. It will complement other collections on the history of Cape Town and the province in Special Collections. The archive intersects with History, Film and Media Studies, Sociology, and African Studies and is a valuable portal of our regional social history.
Flag this collection
Organization
- 212
The peaceful ebb of weekend life returned to Cape Town's riot-torn townships today. Here, a small Guguletu boy dressed in a camouflaged suit parodies riot police as he marches down …
A police major issues instructions in Parliament Street yesterday.
Police clear a street in Tiervlei where eight people were reported injured after demonstrators erected a road-block and set it alight and police used shotguns and revolvers to break up …
Policeman holding two protesters, Cape Town.
Protester shows his injuries, which were inflicted by police, Cape Town.
General views at Mozoka showing the large number of police who were drafted into the area while the search for suspects was on.
"They knew those bullets will kill," said Mrs F. September. Confined to a wheelchair for 30 years, she now has to care for her grandchild, Randall, 5, whose father died …
Destruction of property done by rioters with police at the scene, Cape Town.
A young boy flees as a riot policemen hits out with his rubber baton during yesterday's rioting in Athlone.