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 …
Controversial wall of Cape Point
Above: The rector of St Mark's, The Rev. Stanley Gray, stands before his church in this, the brick-strewn landscape of District Six.
Little 'Argie Boy' looks rather like an opera singer hitting a high note as he attracts customers with the traditional cry of 'Argeee.'
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.
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 …
Township housing development at 'Q' Town the Cape Flats in the 1940s.
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