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Bulldozer destroys shacks at Modderdam Road, Cape Town

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Shacks at Modderdam Road squatter camp in Bellville South, home to Africans regarded as being in Cape Town illegally by apartheid authorities, was destroyed by two bulldozers during one week in August 1977

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Title
Bulldozer destroys shacks at Modderdam Road, Cape Town
Creator
Stanford, Peter
Subject
Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Townships, Apartheid, Housing, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Forced removals (South Africa)
Description
Shacks at Modderdam Road squatter camp in Bellville South, home to Africans regarded as being in Cape Town illegally by apartheid authorities, was destroyed by two bulldozers during one week in August 1977
Publisher
University of Cape Town. Libraries
Contributor
Date
08/08/1977
Type
Format
black-and-white-photographs, Still image, Image/jpeg
Identifier
islandora:16838
Source
va_independent_S4B_073.jpg, S4B Bellville
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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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