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Title: The Haven, Cape Town
Subject: Homeless persons--South Africa, Urban poor--South Africa, Shelters for the homeless--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: A man climbs stairs at the Haven Night Shelter.
Identifier: islandora:5735

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: Aerial view of Parow, Cape Town
Subject: Landscapes, Infrastructure, Urban development, Roads, ,
Description: 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 expanding population.
Identifier: islandora:15792

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. Fraser Anthony, who had lived in squatter camps most of his life.
Identifier: islandora:5744

Title: Aerial view of Parow, Cape Town
Subject: Landscape, Industrial, Infrastructure, Urban development, Roads, ,
Description: An aerial view of Parow showing Sanlam Centre in the background.
Identifier: islandora:15791

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: The Haven, Cape Town
Subject: Homeless persons--South Africa--Social conditions, Urban poor--South Africa, Shelters for the homeless--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: A naked man in one of the communal bedrooms at the Haven Night Shelter. For a nominal sum, a homeless man could get a bed for the night, a protein-enriched supper, bathing and washing facilities, and the opportunity to see a social worker.
Identifier: islandora:5737

Title: Pelikan Park to be cleared for housing, Cape Town
Subject: Landscapes, Urban development, ,
Description: Site-clearing for Pelikan Park - the new Indian housing development stretching from the False bay coast to Zeekoevlei - has destroyed one of the largest remaining area of coastal dune land in the Western Cape. The development has taken over an area proposed as a nature reserve to protect the area's unique vegetation. No alternative reserve has been planned. City engineer Mr Jan Brand's 1982 Greening of the City report recommended the creation of a 427 hectare Strandfontein Fynbos Nature Reserve to protect the largest remaining area coastal fynbos in metropolitan Cape Town and said residential development should be planned around the reserve.
Identifier: islandora:15802

Title: Rosie, the bronze statue watches over the construction work happening in Llandudno, Cape Town
Subject: Statues, Urban development, Roads, ,
Description: Rosie, the bronze statue that has become a landmark in Llandudno, watches with apprehension as a lorry dumps fill for a new road pushing forward between the houses and the beach. Many residents of the secluded village fear the new developments may destroy their privacy by attracting crowds of week-end visitors, although the plans do not at present provide for a car park there, according to the Divisional Council Engineer (Mr M.K Botha).
Identifier: islandora:15187

Title: The Haven, Cape Town
Subject: Homeless persons--South Africa, Urban poor--South Africa, Shelters for the homeless--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Blood drips down the back of a man spending the night at The Haven Night Shelter.
Identifier: islandora:5736

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: Maria with her daughter.
Identifier: islandora:5742

Title: Family, Kew Town, Cape Town
Subject: Urban poor--South Africa, Families--South Africa, Forced migration--South Africa, Dwellings--Social aspects--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: A family inside their home in Kew Town, on the Cape Flats.
Identifier: islandora:5729

Title: Former Dutch Reformed Church, Kalk Bay, Cape Town, 1984
Subject: Kalk Bay (South Africa), Historic buildings, Urban development, Commerce, Architecture
Description: The former Dutch Reformed Church in Kalk Bay.
Identifier: islandora:17312

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