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Title: Police caspir patrol in Guguletu, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Squatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Armored vehicles, Military--South Africa--Cape Town, Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Police patrol--South Africa--Cape Town, Political history--South Africa--Cape Town, Demonstrations--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: A police caspir patrols Guguletu township outside Cape Town as South Africans rioted against apartheid and the imprisonment of their political leaders, August 1985.
Identifier: islandora:5336

Title: Spaza shop
Subject: small businesses, trade, squatter camps, informal settlementsInformal sector (Economics)--South Africa, Blacks--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa
Description: An informal trader in his spaza (shop) in the townships.
Identifier: islandora:8345

Title: Community march in Port Nolloth
Subject: Squatter settlements--South Africa--Port Nolloth, Political participation--South Africa--Port NollothDemonstrations--South Africa--Port Nolloth, Self-help housing--South Africa--Port Nolloth,
Description: Community march, with placards, in an informal housing settlement outside Port Nolloth. The informal housing is visible in the background.
Identifier: islandora:5281

Title: Winter morning, Soweto, South Africa, circa 1980
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Landscapes--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: A winter morning in Soweto, Gauteng
Identifier: islandora:921

Title: Unrest victim
Subject: squatter camps, townships, effects of political violenceBurial--South Africa--Cape Town, Coffins, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Funeral of a victim of violence.
Identifier: islandora:8379

Title: Police teargas a funeral
Subject: squatter camps, townships, effects of political violence, pallbearersBurial--South Africa--Cape Town, Coffins, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Police teargas a crowd attending a funeral in Crossroads informal settlement.
Identifier: islandora:8381

Title: Sammy Mjobo's funeral
Subject: squatter camps, townships, protestBurial--South Africa--Cape Town, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Demonstrations--South Africa
Description: Funeral for the seventh member of the 'Gugulethu Seven'. The Gugulethu Seven' were members of the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe ('MK'), who died at the hands of apartheid security forces in Gugulethu on 3 March 1986.
Identifier: islandora:8376

Title: Searching for remains of home, Bellville, South Africa, 1977
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Forced migration--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: A woman with her child on her back searches for remains of her home after the demolition of squatter's homes in Modderdam Road, near the University of the Western Cape, just outside Bellville, 1977
Identifier: islandora:926

Title: Squatters, Hout Bay, Cape Town
Subject: Urban poor--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Temporary housing--South Africa, Dwellings--Social aspects--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Mrs. Dorothy Moses with children from the squatter camps.
Identifier: islandora:5743

Title: Labourers' shacks
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Grahamstown, Grahamstown (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Pondo (African people)--Dwellings, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Grahamstown
Description: Labourers' shacks, Grahamstown location.
Identifier: islandora:5418

Title: Transit camp, Soweto
Subject: Poor women--South Africa, Older women--South Africa, Squatters--South Africa, Temporary housing--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Women with their belongings in a transit camp, Soweto, 1982.
Identifier: islandora:5778

Title: Little boy next to plastic shelter, Nyanga, South Africa, circa 1975
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Forced migration--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: Little boy in front of a plaster shelter at KTC camp in Nyanga, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:933

Title: Orlando township, 1951
Subject: Orlando (South Africa)--Social conditions, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Orlando, Temporary housing--South Africa--Orlando, Forced migration--South Africa--Orlando, Blacks--Housing--South Africa--Orlando, Apartheid--South Africa
Description: Makeshift houses in Orlando squatter camp, outside Johannesburg, 1951.
Identifier: islandora:7453

Title: Orlando township, 1951
Subject: Orlando (South Africa)--Social conditions, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Orlando, Temporary housing--South Africa--Orlando, Forced migration--South Africa--Orlando, Blacks--Housing--South Africa--Orlando, Apartheid--South Africa
Description: Makeshift houses in Orlando squatter camp, outside Johannesburg, 1951.
Identifier: islandora:7454

Title: Police assembled in township, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Subject: Strikes and Lockouts--South Africa, Police--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa,
Description: The police anticipated there would be a boycott of trains in mid January and assembled in the townships. The strikes actually took place in the growing industrial areas. Durban, South Africa, 1973.
Identifier: islandora:18470

Title: Inside plastic shelter, Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Poor women--South Africa, Women--South Africa, Temporary housing--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Women cook food inside a plastic shelter.
Identifier: islandora:5728

Title: Comrades' at 'The Gugulethu Seven' funeral
Subject: squatter camps, townships, effects of political violence, mournersBurial--South Africa--Cape Town, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Comrades' attend a funeral for 'The Gugulethu Seven'. 'The Gugulethu Seven' were members of the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe ('MK'), who died at the hands of apartheid security forces in Gugulethu on 3 March 1986.
Identifier: islandora:8375

Title: Vigilantes raid squatter camp
Subject: fire, destruction, injury, squatter camps, townshipsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Face--Wounds and injuries, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: An injured man watches as informal settlement shacks burn during violence in the KTC / Crossroads township area.
Identifier: islandora:8364

Title: Child burning tyres, Soweto, South Africa, 1983
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: Seeking warmth, a child burns tyres in the veld (Afrikaans for field), Soweto, 1983
Identifier: islandora:964

Title: The Gugulethu Seven' funeral
Subject: squatter camps, townships, effects of political violence, mournersBurial--South Africa--Cape Town, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Children
Description: Funeral for six members of 'The Gugulethu Seven'. 'The Gugulethu Seven' were members of the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe ('MK'), who died at the hands of apartheid security forces in Gugulethu on 3 March 1986.
Identifier: islandora:8374

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