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Title
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Squatters, Hout Bay, Cape Town
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Subject
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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
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Description
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Mr. Martin Anthony and his two daughters.
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Identifier
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islandora:5745
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Title
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Salvaging remains
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Subject
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squatter camps, townships, destruction, salvaging materials, ruinsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Women, Children
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Description
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A resident salvages material from an informal settlement raided by 'witdoeke' (vigilantes).
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Identifier
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islandora:8437
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Title
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Women and children praying, Crossroads, South Africa, 1982
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Subject
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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
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Description
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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
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Identifier
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islandora:917
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Title
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Squatters, Hout Bay, Cape Town
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Subject
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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
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Description
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Mr. Fraser Anthony, who had lived in squatter camps most of his life.
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Identifier
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islandora:5744
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Title
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Ruins, Cape Town
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Women
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Description
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In the devastated ruins of the Portland Cement Works squatter camp, a refugee woman salvages what she can from the burnt-out husk of a shack torched by vigilantes from Crossroads.
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Identifier
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islandora:17576
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Title
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KTC resident
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Subject
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squatter camps, townships, destruction, violence, gunsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Weapons, Vigilantes--South Africa--Cape Town
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Description
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Residents of KTC informal settlement fight 'witdoeke' (vigilantes).
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Identifier
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islandora:8371
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Title
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Crossroads march, Cape Town
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Subject
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Nyanga (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Demonstrations
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Description
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Crossroads march. Supporters of Old Crossroads headman Mr Geoffrey Nongwe march to Nyanga police station yesterday.
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Identifier
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islandora:17584
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Title
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Burial of Crossroads resident
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Subject
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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
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Description
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The burial of a resident of Crossroads informal settlement who was killed by 'witdoeke' (vigilantes).
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Identifier
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islandora:8382
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Title
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SADF troop patrol
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Subject
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military personnel, squatter camps, townships, gunsSouth Africa--Armed Forces, Squatter settlements--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal, Weapons
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Description
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South African Defence Force (SADF) troops patrol the Imbali informal settlement outside.
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Identifier
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islandora:8360
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Title
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Violence in Alexandra township, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Subject
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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
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Description
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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.
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Identifier
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islandora:5369
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Title
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Squatter shacks close to Eastern Boulevard, Cape Town
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Squatter settlements
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Description
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Right: In one of three squatter shacks which have been built close to Eastern Boulevard are, from left, Mr Sidney Baadjies, Ms Wendy Botha, Mr Jeremy van Wyk and Mr Clive Williams.
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Identifier
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islandora:18001
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Title
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Police patrol
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Subject
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squatter camps, townships, gunsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, South Africa--Armed Forces, Weapons
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Description
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Police patrol the Crossroads informal settlement.
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Identifier
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islandora:8390
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Title
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Police officials carry away a dead body, Cape Town
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Grief, Vandalism, Law enforcement, Squatter settlements
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Description
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Policemen carry away the body of an elderly man who was killed in the fire after arsonists torched shacks in Section Three, Crossroads.
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Identifier
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islandora:16203
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Title
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Residents search for belongings
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Subject
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squatter camps, townships, destruction, salvaging materialsSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Women, Children
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Description
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A mother and child search for their belongings after their house was burnt down by 'witdoeke' (vigilantes)
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Identifier
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islandora:8434
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Title
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Prayer meeting, Crossroads, Cape Town
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Subject
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Squatter settlements--South Africa, Religious gatherings--South Africa, Public meetings'South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
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Description
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Residents close their eyes and sing in prayer at a meeting.
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Identifier
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islandora:5725
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Title
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Two soldiers take refuge under a bush, Cape Town
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Law Enforcement, Human security, Protection
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Description
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An odd assortment of shelters and "pondokkies" has sprung up around Langa and Nyanga. Soldiers guarding these African townships have built them as shelters against the cold and rain. Here two of them snuggle in a "pondokkie" made of branches of Port Jackson bush.
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Identifier
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islandora:16056
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Title
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Two men building a shack, Cape Town
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Subject
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Squatter settlements, Homeless persons, Architecture, ,
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Description
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Heave-ho - Mr Joseph Themba Ntswanqela (foreground), helped by Mr Zulungle Vityolo, builds a shack in Noordhoek.
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Identifier
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islandora:15561