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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: 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: 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: 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: 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

Title: iSithebe township, South Africa
Subject: Informal settlements (Squatter settlements)--South Africa, Public utilities--Advertising--South Africa, Social conditions--South Africa,
Description: Residents and advertising boards on the dirt roads of iSithebe township in KwaZulu-Natal, 1983.
Identifier: islandora:18357

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: Maria with her daughter.
Identifier: islandora:5742

Title: Lonmin miner, South Africa, 2012
Subject: Miners--South Africa--North-West, Unskilled labor--South Africa--North-West, Strikes and lockouts--Miners--South Africa--North-West, North-West (South Africa)--Social conditions, Squatter settlements--South Africa--North-West, Best of Marinovich
Description: A rock drill operator, who earns just R4,350 a month, stands in his shack at Wonderkop shantytown, 18 August, 2012. Two days previously, striking Lonmin miners gathered to have a meeting to discuss the deaths of some 34 of their colleagues.
Identifier: islandora:1178

Title: Children playing, Imizamoyethu, Hout Bay, South Africa
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Children--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Recreation--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: Children playing in the township of Imizamoyethu in Hout Bay, Western Cape
Identifier: islandora:942

Title: Building homes
Subject: squatter camps, construction work, manual labour, manual workersSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Manual work--South Africa, Blue collar workers--South Africa
Description: Gugulethu informal settlement residents build their own homes as part of a housing project.
Identifier: islandora:8413

Title: Red Cross aid
Subject: squatter camps, townships, relief workSquatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town, Political violence--South Africa--Cape Town, Medical personnel--South Africa
Description: Red Cross workers help children during a violent episode at Crossroads informal settlement.
Identifier: islandora:8368

Title: Children in Soweto, South Africa
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Recreation--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: Children playing on the street, early evening in Soweto
Identifier: islandora:930

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