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Apartheid-era company housing for workers in Guguletu, Cape Town

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Cardboard alley. About 40 men live in this dormitory, one of four in a double-storey block in Guguletu, which has neither electricity nor hot water. The firm which houses its employees there believes the accommodation is inadequate, but current Government policy is cited as impeding improvement

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Title
Apartheid-era company housing for workers in Guguletu, Cape Town
Creator
Photographer unknown
Subject
Guguletu (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Housing schemes, Townships, Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Human rights violations
Description
Cardboard alley. About 40 men live in this dormitory, one of four in a double-storey block in Guguletu, which has neither electricity nor hot water. The firm which houses its employees there believes the accommodation is inadequate, but current Government policy is cited as impeding improvement
Publisher
University of Cape Town. Libraries
Contributor
Date
11/01/1977
Type
Format
black-and-white photographs, Still image, Image/jpeg
Identifier
islandora:15840
Source
va_independent_S1C_005.jpg, S1C Africans in SA - housing
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Rights
Copyright held by Independent Newspapers. For information about acquiring a copy and/or permission to reproduce an image, please email argpix@inl.co.za

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