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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Cecil de Wet pouring coffee beans into a roaster in a Long Street coffee shop.
Relatives of Internal Security Act detainees called for their release, Cape Town.
Early photograph of the Cape Argus Printing and Advertisement offices
Silwood coach house, and Mrs Lesley Fanil.
We Remember: Annual memorial ceremony at the Cenotaph, Adderley Street. The Cenotaph was erected in 1924 to honour soldiers who died in World War I, World War II and the …
Burnt out - Mowbray wash house.
Food packages being handed out, Cape Town.
Yesterday morning Awai's general stores, 39th Avenue Elsie's River, was bustling with business. In the afternoon, all that remained was a roofless, gutted skeleton. The store was set alight by …
Auction day on the Grand Parade, Cape Town.
Men go through their paces on the outside of the training tower at Salt River Fire Station while their fellow firemen-to-be look on from below.