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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: Noxolo School, Section 1 of Old Crossroads, where problems surfaced in Jan/Feb 1993
Description: Classroom damaged during violence in Old Crossroads, Cape Town, 1993
Identifier: islandora:6585

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: School boy, Crossroads, South Africa, 1979
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Youth--South Africa, Education--South Africa, School children--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: A pupil of the Sizamile School, Crossroads, Cape Town, 1979
Identifier: islandora:954

Title: Processing of temporary voting cards in time for April 1994 General Election in New Crossroads
Description: !994 General Election preparations. Young woman holding up card
Identifier: islandora:6599

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: The first Gov[ernment] subsidy houses built in Sect.1 of Old Crossroads - 'smartie' houses 1996/1997
Description: Houses built by Government subsidy in Section1 of Old Crossroads, 1996/1997
Identifier: islandora:6626

Title: Sash voter-education Val Goldsmit explains as Maureen Hamse translates at Topcor Centre Unathi Old Crossroads""
Description: Voter education prior to the 1994 General Election preparations. Sash voter-education Val Goldsmidt explains as Maureen Hamse translates at Topcor Centre Unathi Village, Old Crossroads
Identifier: islandora:6600

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: Cows, Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Dwellings--Social aspects--South Africa, Temporary housing--South Africa, Subsistence farming--South Africa, Cattle--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Cows roam amongst plastic shelters and corrugated iron shacks.
Identifier: islandora:5740

Title: [Group of children in section 4 of Old Crossroads, 1993]
Description: Group of children and woman in section 4 of Old Crossroads, 1993
Identifier: islandora:6595

Title: Crossroads -Paper Presented at National Conference 1980
Description: Crossroads -Paper Presented at National Conference on 12 March 1980 discussing permanent residence eligibility, Urban Areas Act, homelands, migrant labour, Group Areas Act, work permits, lack of utilities, health.
Identifier: islandora:7106

Title: Mothers of Crossroads show us the conditions of the school - a polling Station in April 1994
Description: Women outside damaged school in Crossroads, Cape Town [1993]
Identifier: islandora:6586

Title: Vigilante action, Crossroads, 1986
Subject: Vigilantes, Political violence, Armored vehicles, Military, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Wit-doeke (Afrikaans for "white headbands") vigilantes, unopposed by the police, set fire to homes in Crossroads, a squatter township near Cape Town. An estimated 80,000 people were left homeless and 60 dead as a result of Wit-doeke action in 1986.
Identifier: islandora:869

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: 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: Plastic shelter, Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Temporary housing--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Forced migration--South Africa, Eviction--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: A bed stands outside a plastic shelter erected after a mass demolition of homes, circa 1980.
Identifier: islandora:5715

Title: Funeral of baby, Crossroads, 1985
Subject: Funeral service, Tear gas, Children--Death, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Crossroads residents bury six-month-old Amanda Fanisa, asphyxiated by tear gas fired during police action in Crossroads, Cape Town. The South African security forces used tear gas as a standard means of "crowd control". Tear gas can be lethal, and it is especially dangerous when inhaled by young children.
Identifier: islandora:895

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