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Total Disregard for Cape Town Squatters
Cape Town and Crossroads squatter camp residents face demolition as government crews move to clear about 3,000 shanties housing more than 20,000 blacks. The plan, tied to apartheid policy, follows months of harassment, with police raids and past deaths, while reformist minister Koornhof weighs options amid white follower pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y
Cape Town
Peter Mpumelelo
D.F. Malan
Cape Peninsula Bantu Affairs Administration Board
Pieter G. Koornhof
Koornhof
P.W. Botha
Cape Province
Botha
Western Cape
South Africa
Nyanga
Guguletu
Sindile Ndlela
Cape
Crossroads
David Russell