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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Still life: Serene in the rosy dawn, Table Mountain looms over Milnerton lighthouse and the golf club, casting an unblemished reflection in Rietvlei.
Greeting his colleagues before today's Cabinet meeting is (left), Dr Piet Koornhof, the Minister of National Education and of Sport and Recreation with (far left) Mr M. C. Botha (Bantu …
The Black River as it is now known, was once part of the Liesbeek and Salt River complex which formed the original Paarden Eiland. Today it is slow and polluted …
More than 100 Navy technical trainees from Wingfield tackled the mammoth task of trying to clean the beach between Milnerton lagoon and Blouberg. The operation, which took place during a …
[Prison food consists of bread, margarine and peanut butter]
Sea Point swimming-pool is a popular spot in the hot weather and it gets its full share of local holidaymakers and tourists.
