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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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

Title: Vigilantes attack refugees, Cape Town
Subject: Nyanga (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Demonstrations, Vigilantes
Description: "Witdoek" vigilantes attack refugees from Nyanga Bush opposite the Western Cape Development Board (WCDB) offices.
Identifier: islandora:17586

Title: Home set alight in pre-election violence, Durban, South Africa
Subject: Squatter settlements--South Africa--Durban, Elections--South Africa--Durban, Apartheid--South Africa--Durban, Political history--South Africa--Durban, Political violence--South Africa--Durban
Description: A resident tries to extinguish the flames of his home, set alight in pre-election fighting between Inkatha and African National Congress (ANC) political party supporters in Bambayi Township, Durban, South Africa, 25 March 1994.
Identifier: islandora:5375

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: Funeral of 17-year-old boy, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Apartheid, Funerals
Description: Friends and relatives of Shumi Abner Duma crowd into the tarpaulin-covered garden at the Duma home for the 17-year-old boy's funeral on Saturday.
Identifier: islandora:17598

Title: Police officials carry away a dead body, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Grief, Vandalism, Law enforcement, Squatter settlements
Description: Policemen carry away the body of an elderly man who was killed in the fire after arsonists torched shacks in Section Three, Crossroads.
Identifier: islandora:16203

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: 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

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