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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On the march ... Uniformed prison warders - all members of the Police and Prison Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) and carrying African National Congress (ANC) flags - took part in …
Pagad message spray painted onto a gate, Cape Town.
Label on every stone - The first part of the dismantling process of the historic wall sections got under way at the Golden Acre site yesterday when detailed photographs of …
This car, believed by students to contain policemen, has been seen on the University of Cape Town (UCT) campus over the past few days.
Members of M.O.T.H (Memorable Order of Tin Hats) observe a minute's silence in memory of fallen comrades on Moth Remembrance Day, 1988
An Emaillit Prodorite [EP] filament wound polyester Emglass tank in production at EP's Cape factory. EP recently produced their 2,OOOth tank of this kind.
The King and Queen leaving the Senate Chamber after the opening of Parliament.
Coffin kids: Sister Fran Europa, alias Captain Condom, works up plenty of enthusiasm among these Lotus River youngsters as they take to the streets with their "AIDS equals death" message. …
Section of the crowd of non-Europeans at one of the suburban train platforms of the Cape Town Station after a mass meeting on the Grand Parade in protest against the …
Public restrooms reserved for 'non-white men' only