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Title: Police officials carry away a dead body, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Grief, Vandalism, Law enforcement, Squatter settlements
Description: Policemen carry away the body of an elderly man who was killed in the fire after arsonists torched shacks in Section Three, Crossroads.
Identifier: islandora:16203

Title: People watch a car partially submerged in water on fire, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Vandalism, Law enforcement, Squatter settlements
Description: People watch a car partially submerged in water on fire, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16107

Title: Police fire smoke canisters, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Law enforcement, Weapons, Demonstrations, Squatter settlements
Description: Police fire smoke canisters, Cape Town, 1976.
Identifier: islandora:16196

Title: Informal settlement of Kismetbos, Cape Town
Subject: Squatter settlements, Shanty town, Homeless persons, Poverty, ,
Description: Only a few hundred metres away is a shanty town of Kismetbos, where about 6000 live huddled together in sickening conditions of poverty.
Identifier: islandora:15241

Title: Residents armed with sticks talk amongst one another, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Violence, Squatter settlements, Weapons
Description: A group of "white cap" migrant workers, dressed for battle, discuss tactics in Nyanga yesterday when violence swept the township.
Identifier: islandora:16314

Title: Two men building a shack, Cape Town
Subject: Squatter settlements, Homeless persons, Architecture, ,
Description: Heave-ho - Mr Joseph Themba Ntswanqela (foreground), helped by Mr Zulungle Vityolo, builds a shack in Noordhoek.
Identifier: islandora:15561

Title: Two soldiers take refuge under a bush, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Squatter settlements, Law Enforcement, Human security, Protection
Description: An odd assortment of shelters and "pondokkies" has sprung up around Langa and Nyanga. Soldiers guarding these African townships have built them as shelters against the cold and rain. Here two of them snuggle in a "pondokkie" made of branches of Port Jackson bush.
Identifier: islandora:16056

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