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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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.
Men watch as fellow soldier handles a rifle, Cape Town.
Procession at the opening of Parliament, Cape Town.
Charges of holding an unlawful demonstration were withdrawn against seven people in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court today. The picture show's (from left) Sister Theresa Paul, Sister Denise Esther Fiore, …