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.
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A Pakistani seaman, Petty Officer Shah Muzamil, with his Mauritian girlfriend, Miss Rehana Mohamed, left, and a South African coloured woman, Miss Sandra Vercuiel, eating in the Table Mountain restaurant …
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 …
Grand Prize 1 - Robin Ford. Noordhoek Beach.
Captain A.W. Liefeldt, 91, left and Commander Les Bingham, 83, were among seven veterans of the Battle of Delville Wood who attended a service in Government Avenue yesterday dedicated to …
Parents protest: Mr Hassan Karjieker of the Belthorn Primary School parents' committee talks to placard-bearing parents outside the school yesterday.
Nostalgic: Community worker, Tahir Levy, leads former residents of District Six on a nostalgic visit through a flattened area near Aspeling Street mosque.
Controversial wall of Cape Point
Children's bathing pool, Camps Bay.
On the hillside at Kommetjie a small church with a bell tower. This is the Catholic church of St Joseph, built by a devoted wife in honour of her husband. …
This will be a familiar sight in Cape Town next month when giant puppets will go walkabout and talk about AIDS in the city's streets and townships.
Chain gang: Supporters of the Maneberg Anti-Crime Forum chained themselves to the gates of Parliament demanding an audience with Safety and Security Minister, Sidney Mufamadi.
An impressive photograph of the new heart of Cape Town, by A. J. Musgrave-Newton. It shows the dynamic growth that is taking place on and near the Foreshore. The two …
Above: The rector of St Mark's, The Rev. Stanley Gray, stands before his church in this, the brick-strewn landscape of District Six.
Allan Boesak speaking at an United Democratic Front meeting
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 …
Local "transvestites" invade a cinema in Rosebank on Friday night, causing quite a stir with regular patrons who had not yet seen the movie, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The …
Little 'Argie Boy' looks rather like an opera singer hitting a high note as he attracts customers with the traditional cry of 'Argeee.'
"Bury the racist republic" placard at march, Cape Town.
The new International Hall at D.F.Malan Airport will open officially to international flights on Sunday. The building is spacious and well lighted, with several up-to-date facilities for passengers and airport …
A group of End Conscription Campaign members gathered on Muizenberg Beach yesterday and built a massive peace sign in a call for peace in South Africa.
AIDS Fun Run: Runners, wearing T-shirts promoting condom use, line up outside the Nolungile Day Hospital in Site C, Khayelitsha. The event was one of many organised in Cape Town …
Restaurant at D.F.Malan Airport during the apartheid era. This restaurant was reserved for whites only.
Released: the first six ANC prisoners from Robben Island yesterday after spending three to 10 years are from left, Eddie Humalog, Nelson Topeka, Mohan Mmoledi, Vuyisile Mbundu, Bushy Maape and …
Right: The beach front at Muizenberg soon after sunrise on a clear winter's morning. This photograph shows the area of beach once occupied by the now demolished Muizenberg Pavilion.
Township housing development at 'Q' Town the Cape Flats in the 1940s.
City train wreck: A section of the wreckage after the train smash yesterday on the Cape Town-Bellville line. Left, a workman cutting away the twisted chassis of the front coach …
The land of sunshine and something. Wildebeest in Rondebosch.
Protesters hold a banner that reads "Our courts have been castrated", Cape Town.
People protest with placards on the steps of St George's Cathedral, Cape Town
From left: South African Communist Party (SACP) chief Joe Slovo, Toni Yengeni, Walter Sisulu and African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Alfred Nzo at Table Bay Harbour
A worker at a Maitland textile factory tends spin frames, the last stage in the spinning process before they yarn is cleaned.
View from the new Railway building, Foreshore, Cape Town, 1959
"Scarred and dirty" - see paragraph "Victim of age".
A fairly large number of Saldanha-based trawlers were forced to take shelter in Table Bay this week because of the high winds at sea. According to port officials the vessels …
Woman cleans her hands in river, Cape Town. Muslim Shrines (Bakoven).
In traditional garb these Fingo women and tribesman celebrated at Gugeletu today, the 134th anniversary of the acceptance of Christianity by the Fingo tribe. The celebrations were officially opened by …
Here the Liesbeek, which begins as a limpid mountain stream, flows into Table Bay.
Policeman holding two protesters, Cape Town.
Competitors in the Gordons Gala in Cape Town in 1922 had a tough venue for their races: the old Cape Town pier, where this picture was taken of the mens' …
Holiday visitors to the Peninsula will see Mosterts's Mill, Mowbray, in operation this season. Sails have been rigged and the Public Works Department plans to operate the mill, wind permitting, …
Walking under a canopy of oak trees in Government Avenue, Cape Town, late 1980s.
Woman holds anti-apartheid signage, Cape Town.
Peace March - More than 200 Manenberg residents marched to the Manenberg police station yesterday to protest against crime and violence in the community. High school students, teachers and members …
Leila Issel, 8, with a placard calling for the release of her father, detained trade unionist Johnny Issel.
First coloured woman ever to vote in South Africa is Mrs W. Simpson of Crawford. She rose early today to be in time for the opening of the polling station …
The Governor-General (Dr E.G. Jansen) inspecting the mounted guard of honour in Government Avenue shortly before the opening of Parliament today.