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Louise Gubb
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Homes set alight by vigilantes, Crossroads, Cape Town, South Africa
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Title
Homes set alight by vigilantes, Crossroads, Cape Town, South Africa
Creator
Gubb, Louise
Subject
Political history--South Africa--Cape Town, Squatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Apartheid--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Fires--South Africa--Cape Town
Description
A young comrade watches homes burning during the battle for Crossroads, a black settlement outside Cape Town. Vigilantes, backed by police, forced squatters of the KTC township to flee their shacks, by shooting and setting fire to their homes, Cape Town, South Africa, 10 June 1986.
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University of Cape Town. Libraries
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Date
10/06/1986
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still image, news photographs, Documentary photographs, color photographs, Image/jpeg
Identifier
islandora:5347
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All Rights Reserved. Licensed to UCT Libraries for use in research, teaching, private study only. All commercial and other rights reserved by photographer Louise Gubb. lugubb@iafrica.com
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