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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Violence in Alexandra township, Johannesburg, South Africa
Subject: 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
Description: 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.
Identifier: islandora:5369

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: Two men building a shack, Cape Town
Subject: Squatter settlements, Homeless persons, Architecture, ,
Description: Heave-ho - Mr Joseph Themba Ntswanqela (foreground), helped by Mr Zulungle Vityolo, builds a shack in Noordhoek.
Identifier: islandora:15561

Title: Orlando township, 1951
Subject: Orlando (South Africa)--Social conditions, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Orlando, Temporary housing--South Africa--Orlando, Forced migration--South Africa--Orlando, Blacks--Housing--South Africa--Orlando, Apartheid--South Africa
Description: Makeshift houses in Orlando squatter camp, outside Johannesburg, 1951.
Identifier: islandora:7454

Title: Informal settlement of Kismetbos, Cape Town
Subject: Squatter settlements, Shanty town, Homeless persons, Poverty, ,
Description: Only a few hundred metres away is a shanty town of Kismetbos, where about 6000 live huddled together in sickening conditions of poverty.
Identifier: islandora:15241

Title: Little boy next to plastic shelter, Nyanga, South Africa, circa 1975
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Forced migration--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: Little boy in front of a plaster shelter at KTC camp in Nyanga, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:933

Title: Children play outside, Cape Town
Subject: Youth, Squatter settlements, Poverty, Apartheid, ,
Description: Children play outside the black tents. Without passes their parents can not get permanent jobs so there is no money for Christmas presents or festive foods.
Identifier: islandora:15589

Title: Transit camp, Soweto
Subject: Poor women--South Africa, Older women--South Africa, Squatters--South Africa, Temporary housing--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Women with their belongings in a transit camp, Soweto, 1982.
Identifier: islandora:5778

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: 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: Winter morning, Soweto, South Africa, circa 1980
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Landscapes--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: A winter morning in Soweto, Gauteng
Identifier: islandora:921

Title: Vigil by striking workers
Subject: Squatter settlements--Namibia--Windhoek
Description: Vigil by striking workers at the Single Quarters in Katutura, after an attack by Koevoet forces sent from the north. Koevoet is the common name of the South West African Police Counter-Insurgency Unit (SWAPOL-COIN).
Identifier: islandora:6834

Title: Community march in Port Nolloth
Subject: Squatter settlements--South Africa--Port Nolloth, Political participation--South Africa--Port NollothDemonstrations--South Africa--Port Nolloth, Self-help housing--South Africa--Port Nolloth,
Description: Community march, with placards, in an informal housing settlement outside Port Nolloth. The informal housing is visible in the background.
Identifier: islandora:5281

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

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