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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: Processing of temporary voting cards in time for April 1994 General Election in New Crossroads
Description: !994 General Election preparations. Young woman holding up card
Identifier: islandora:6599

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: [Group of children in section 4 of Old Crossroads, 1993]
Description: Group of children and woman in section 4 of Old Crossroads, 1993
Identifier: islandora:6595

Title: Vigilante action, Crossroads, 1986
Subject: Vigilantes, Political violence, Armored vehicles, Military, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Wit-doeke (Afrikaans for "white headbands") vigilantes, unopposed by the police, set fire to homes in Crossroads, a squatter township near Cape Town. An estimated 80,000 people were left homeless and 60 dead as a result of Wit-doeke action in 1986.
Identifier: islandora:869

Title: Maureen Hamse Creche in operation, November 1994, Old Crossroads
Description: Group of children and adult in the Maureen Hamse Creche, Old Crossroads, November 1994
Identifier: islandora:6618

Title: Funeral of baby, Crossroads, 1985
Subject: Funeral service, Tear gas, Children--Death, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Crossroads residents bury six-month-old Amanda Fanisa, asphyxiated by tear gas fired during police action in Crossroads, Cape Town. The South African security forces used tear gas as a standard means of "crowd control". Tear gas can be lethal, and it is especially dangerous when inhaled by young children.
Identifier: islandora:895

Title: Sash voter-education Val Goldsmit explains as Maureen Hamse translates at Topcor Centre Unathi Old Crossroads""
Description: Voter education prior to the 1994 General Election preparations. Sash voter-education Val Goldsmidt explains as Maureen Hamse translates at Topcor Centre Unathi Village, Old Crossroads
Identifier: islandora:6600

Title: Crossroads -Paper Presented at National Conference 1980
Description: Crossroads -Paper Presented at National Conference on 12 March 1980 discussing permanent residence eligibility, Urban Areas Act, homelands, migrant labour, Group Areas Act, work permits, lack of utilities, health.
Identifier: islandora:7106

Title: Crossroads - 6 Sash members marched with parents demanding re-admission to Sebenza High School for their children who had been excluded on the basis of ""late [crowds?] in mornings. Monday 25/09/89""
Description: Crowd of people marching in Crossroads, Cape Town, followed by two South African Police vehicles.
Identifier: islandora:6522

Title: Mothers of Crossroads show us the conditions of the school - a polling Station in April 1994
Description: Women outside damaged school in Crossroads, Cape Town [1993]
Identifier: islandora:6586

Title: School boy, Crossroads, South Africa, 1979
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Youth--South Africa, Education--South Africa, School children--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: A pupil of the Sizamile School, Crossroads, Cape Town, 1979
Identifier: islandora:954

Title: Young people in section 4 of Old Crossroads signal peace later in 1993
Description: Group of children in section 4 of Old Crossroads, 1993. On verso of photograph: Section 4 outside Nongwe's house
Identifier: islandora:6594

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