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Athlone , Cape Town
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Subject
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Athlone (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Coloured people (South Africa), Housing, Poverty
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Description
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Children at a sub-economic housing development in Athlone, Cape Town
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Identifier
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islandora:16718
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Poor White woman, Bellville, Cape Town
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Subject
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Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Housing, Apartheid, Whites, Poverty, Afrikaners
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Mrs Beatrice Hugo and her dog Jessie sit on the verandah of their home in Voortrekker Road, Bellville, surrounded by their belongings.
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Identifier
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islandora:16826
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Nearing Cape Town after walking from Grahamstown
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Subject
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Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Africans, Poverty, Families, Rural areas
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Still erect and proud, 80-year-old Mr July Nanise plods along Settlers Way after his 700km walk from Grahamstown in search of his long-lost brother.
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Identifier
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islandora:15851
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Eviction in Athlone,Cape Town
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Subject
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Athlone (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Coloured people (South Africa), Housing, Poverty
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Description
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Family evicted from shack settlements in Athlone, Cape Town
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Identifier
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islandora:16716
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Overcrowding in Kewtown, Athlone , Cape Town
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Subject
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Athlone (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Housing, Poverty, Coloured people (South Africa)
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Description
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Seventeen people - man, women and children - live, eat, cook and wash in this one-bedroom Kewtown council house. Architects provided it with a front room but that has also been turned into a bedroom, which helps but is a long way from solving the overcrowding.
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Identifier
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islandora:16726
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Sick woman sitting on bed, Cape Town
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Subject
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Poverty, Homeless persons, Politics, ,
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Desperately ill, Mrs Evelyn Magxala spends her days in a sweltering tent in the Nyanga dunes waiting for the Administration Board to decide her fate and that of 750 other squatters.
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Identifier
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islandora:15604
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Man playing a flute, Cape Town
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Subject
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Music, Poverty, Performing arts, ,
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Right: Christopher Jacobs sits under a tree at the Nyanga Art Centre practising for Saturday's performance.
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Identifier
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islandora:15606
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Informal settlement of Kismetbos, Cape Town
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Squatter settlements, Shanty town, Homeless persons, Poverty, ,
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Only a few hundred metres away is a shanty town of Kismetbos, where about 6000 live huddled together in sickening conditions of poverty.
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Identifier
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islandora:15241
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Eviction in Athlone,Cape Town
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Subject
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Athlone (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Coloured people (South Africa), Poverty, Youth
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Description
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Family evicted from their home in Athlone, Cape Town
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Identifier
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islandora:16717
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Children in Athlone, Cape Town
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Subject
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Athlone (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Apartheid, Children, Poverty, Environment
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Description
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Children at a sub-economic housing development in Athlone, Cape Town
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Identifier
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islandora:16723
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Pensioner from Atlantis, Cape Town
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Subject
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Atlantis (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Pensions, Poverty, Older people
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Description
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Against all odds - Mrs Audrey Aries, 65, with her "useless" pension book, electricity and other accounts. Her husband earns R245 a month and after her rent and other accounts have been paid she has very little money left.
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Identifier
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islandora:16702
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Children play outside, Cape Town
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Youth, Squatter settlements, Poverty, Apartheid, ,
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Children play outside the black tents. Without passes their parents can not get permanent jobs so there is no money for Christmas presents or festive foods.
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Identifier
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islandora:15589