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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: 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: Crossroads march, Cape Town
Subject: Nyanga (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Demonstrations
Description: Crossroads march. Supporters of Old Crossroads headman Mr Geoffrey Nongwe march to Nyanga police station yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:17584

Title: Homeless women, Crossroads, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Women, Homeless persons
Description: Homeless Crossroads women wait at Parliament yesterday while four of them met Mr Chris Heunis to plead for rebuilding of their homes.
Identifier: islandora:17581

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: Matjieskloof
Subject: Missionary settlements--South Africa--Springbok, Springbok (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Cemeteries--South Africa--Springbok,
Description: The former mission station of Matjieskloof.
Identifier: islandora:5002

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: 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: 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: San woman
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, woman, portrait, hut, thatch, settlement, San (African people)--Relocation--South Africa, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (South Africa)
Description: A San woman, one of the last of the San who defied their removal from the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:12036

Title: Witnesses to a fight
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, woman, child, village, San, indigenous, hut, settlement, fight, alcohol, woman, San (African people)--Alcohol use--Namibia, Hand-to-hand fighting--Namibia, Namibia
Description: Three women who are witnesses to a drunken fight. !Ao='a, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11729

Title: Pensioner, Durban
Subject: Urban poor--South Africa, Older men--South Africa, Fuelwood gatherers--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: A pensioner carries wood in a buffer zone between the 'African' township of KwaMashu and the 'coloured' township of Newlands East, Durban.
Identifier: islandora:5714

Title: Epworth township, Zimbabwe
Subject: Social conditions--Zimbabwe, Men--Zimbabwe, Informal settlements (Squatter settlements)--Zimbabwe,
Description: A smartly dressed man wearing dark sunglasses stands amongst rocks in the township of Epworth, situated just outside Harare in Zimbabwe, 2001.
Identifier: islandora:18396

Title: Hut framework
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, hut, bushveld, trees, sand, settlement, sticks, building, construction, San (African people)--Relocation--South Africa, Ghost towns--South Africa, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (South Africa)
Description: Remains of a removed settlement. The framework of a hut. Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:12030

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:8435

Title: Man holding a child
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, man, child, house, San, indigenous, house, building, settlement, uniform, army, Veterans--Namibia, San (African people)--Dwellings--Namibia, Building, Iron and steel--Namibia, Toys--Namibia, Namibia
Description: An ex-soldier wearing army overalls and cap, holding a child, standing in a settlement of corrugated iron structures. In the background is a boy with a wire toy. Tsintsabis, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11696

Title: Athletics class
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, tent, race, run, San, indigenous, settlement, teacher, trainer, athletes, students, scholars, San (African people)--Recreation--South Africa, San (African people)--Sports--South Africa, Schmidtsdrift (South Africa)
Description: Athletics class. Four young men are running towards their instructor. Schmidtsdrift, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:11748

Title: Informal sector
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:8255

Title: Children playing
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, San, indigenous, removal, return, home, land rights, settlement, oil drum, children, playing, San (African people)--Recreation--South Africa--Western Cape, Indigenous children--South Africa--Western Cape--Social conditions, Khomani (African people)--South Africa--Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12332

Title: People clearing up after the fire, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Disasters, Fires, Apartheid, Squatter settlements
Description: People clearing up after the fire, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:14936

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