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Title: Salvaging remains
Subject: squatter camps, townships, destruction, salvaging materials, ruinsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Women, Children
Description: A resident salvages material from an informal settlement raided by 'witdoeke' (vigilantes).
Identifier: islandora:8437

Title: Women and children praying, Crossroads, South Africa, 1982
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Prayer groups--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: Women and children of Crossroads gather to pray for the Nyanga bush squatters, who had staged a hunger strike in St George's Cathedral in an attempt to persuade the authorities not to demolish their plastic shacks. The protest was fruitless - the shacks were torn down during the wet Cape winter, causing hardship, Cape Town, 1982
Identifier: islandora:917

Title: Squatter settlement, Paarl East, Western Cape
Subject: Paarl (South Africa)--Social conditions, Children--South Africa--Paarl, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Paarl,
Description: Man with children in Paarl East.
Identifier: islandora:5174

Title: KTC resident
Subject: squatter camps, townships, destruction, violence, gunsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Weapons, Vigilantes--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Residents of KTC informal settlement fight 'witdoeke' (vigilantes).
Identifier: islandora:8371

Title: Burial of Crossroads resident
Subject: squatter camps, townships, effects of political violence, mournersBurial--South Africa--Cape Town, Coffins, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: The burial of a resident of Crossroads informal settlement who was killed by 'witdoeke' (vigilantes).
Identifier: islandora:8382

Title: SADF troop patrol
Subject: military personnel, squatter camps, townships, gunsSouth Africa--Armed Forces, Squatter settlements--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, Weapons
Description: South African Defence Force (SADF) troops patrol the Imbali informal settlement outside.
Identifier: islandora:8360

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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Forcibly removed woman outside shack, South Africa
Subject: Squatter settlements--South Africa, Blacks--Relocation--South Africa, Social conditions--South Africa, Segregation--South Africa, Race discrimination--South Africa
Description: Families forcibly removed from "black spots" under apartheid segregation laws eke out a living in tin shacks far from their homes. Black spots were areas inhabited by black people that were deemed too close to the areas inhabited by whites. August 1982.
Identifier: islandora:5332

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: Vigil by striking workers
Subject: Squatter settlements--Namibia--Windhoek
Description: Vigil by striking workers at the Single Quarters in Katutura, after an attack by Koevoet forces sent from the north. Koevoet is the common name of the South West African Police Counter-Insurgency Unit (SWAPOL-COIN).
Identifier: islandora:6834

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: 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

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

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