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Title: Homes set alight by vigilantes, Crossroads, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: Political history--South Africa--Cape Town, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Fires--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: A young comrade watches homes burning during the battle for Crossroads, a black settlement outside Cape Town. Vigilantes, backed by police, forced squatters of the KTC township to flee their shacks, by shooting and setting fire to their homes, Cape Town, South Africa, 10 June 1986.
Identifier: islandora:5347

Title: Children pumping water, Phokeng, South Africa, 1980
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, South Africa--Water supply, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: Children pumping water at a public well in Phokeng, North-West Province, 1980
Identifier: islandora:919

Title: Young girl holding baby, iSithebe township, South Africa
Subject: Children--South Africa, Informal settlements (Squatter settlements)--South Africa, Paper mills--South Africa,
Description: A young girl holding a baby, stands in a small garden in iSithebe township. The Mandeni paper mill is visible in the background. KwaZulu-Natal, 1983.
Identifier: islandora:18356

Title: Lindelane
Subject: tanks, squatter camps, housing, townshipsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Transportation
Description: An army casspir (armoured military vehicle) monitors violence in the informal settlement of Lindelane.
Identifier: islandora:8365

Title: Salvaging remains
Subject: squatter camps, townships, housing, destruction, effects of violenceSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Women
Description: Women flee from violence in an informal settlement.
Identifier: islandora:8369

Title: Violence in Alexandra township, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: Squatter settlements--South Africa--Gauteng, Law enforcement--South Africa--Gauteng, Apartheid--South Africa--Gauteng, Political history--South Africa--Gauteng, Political violence--South Africa--Gauteng, Demonstrations--South Africa--Gauteng
Description: Police fire at residents who defied orders not to march on Inkatha-occupied hostels from which the Zulus had been launching attacks on township dwellers, Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 March 1992.
Identifier: islandora:5369

Title: HIV/AIDS peer educator
Subject: AIDS (Disease)--South Africa, AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--South Africa, AIDS (Diseases)--Study and teaching--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa
Description: HIV/AIDS peer educator in an informal settlement
Identifier: islandora:1054

Title: Residents search for belongings
Subject: squatter camps, townships, destruction, salvaging materialsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Women, Children
Description: A mother and child search for their belongings after their house was burnt down by 'witdoeke' (vigilantes)
Identifier: islandora:8434

Title: Police patrol
Subject: squatter camps, townships, gunsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, South Africa--Armed Forces, Weapons
Description: Police patrol the Crossroads informal settlement.
Identifier: islandora:8390

Title: Female squatter, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: housing--South Africa, Informal settlements (Squatter settlements)--South Africa, Women--South Africa, Social conditions--South Africa,
Description: A female resident of an inner city squatter settlement in Johannesburg holds up a pair of cards. South Africa, 2001.
Identifier: islandora:18400

Title: Vigilantes ('witdoeke')
Subject: squatter camps, townshipsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Weapons, Vigilantes--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Rival groups fight for control of the KTC and Crossroads informal settlements.
Identifier: islandora:8367

Title: Crossroads ruins
Subject: squatter camps, townships, destructionSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Weapons, Vigilantes--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: A 'witdoek' (vigilante), standing in the ruins of Crossroads informal settlement.
Identifier: islandora:8370

Title: Guduza Gumede's funeral
Subject: squatter camps, townships, pallbearers, effects of political violenceBurial--South Africa--Cape Town, Coffins, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Funeral of Malusi 'Guduza' Gumede who died during violent clashes with Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members.
Identifier: islandora:8380

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: Mr. Martin Anthony and his two daughters.
Identifier: islandora:5745

Title: Family at dinner table, Bela Bela township, South Africa, circa 1995
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Electricity--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Housing--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: Family of 9 sitting around the dinner table. Their dinner consisted of a plate of porridge and the room was lit up with a candle because they lived without access to electricity. They could not buy meat in bulk because it went off during summer months and milk often went sour in a single day. Bela Bela township, Limpopo
Identifier: islandora:945

Title: Cows on dirt road, Nyanga East, South Africa, circa 1980
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: Cows walking along a dirt road in Nyanga East, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:936

Title: Prayer meeting, Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Squatter settlements--South Africa, Religious gatherings--South Africa, Public meetings'South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Residents close their eyes and sing in prayer at a meeting.
Identifier: islandora:5725

Title: Plastic shelters, Nyanga, South Africa, circa 1975
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Temporary housing--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: Children playing outside their home - a tent made of plastic in Nyanga, on the Cape Flats, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:928

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