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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An impressive photograph of the new heart of Cape Town, by A. J. Musgrave-Newton. It shows the dynamic growth that is taking place on and near the Foreshore. The two …
View from the new Railway building, Foreshore, Cape Town, 1959
Cape Town Harbour and reclaimed land on the Foreshore, Cape Town.
Water canal found in city: Council workers laying water pipes in Adderley Street stopped digging when archaeologist, Miss Gabebah Abrahams peered down the hole and discovered a 17th century water …
Spreading suburbs of Green Point and Sea Point on the slopes of Signal Hill and Lion's Head as seen from the air.
The current row over proposed night-time parking in Greenmarket Square reminded a Pinelands reader, Mr Tony Freer, of the days when the historic square was a daily car park. This …
Parow, nine years ago a small Cape Town "dormitory," now a thriving industrial and business centre. Its council has ambitious schemes in hand for improving the amenities for its rapidly …
Plein Street, Cape Town, pre-1950. Published 24 April 1972.
Statue of Jan van Riebeeck in its original location at the entrance to Cape Town Pier, circa 1920s.