Image Number: APN111738
Title: Shanty Town in Kempton Park
Path:
african.pictures /
The Media Bank /
Izak de Vries
Description: These shacks are in Kempton Park, Gauteng. The history of the squatter movement in Gauteng is well-documented. In the homelands, or Bantustans, there were not enough jobs and not enough land. People had to move to the city. During the period around the Second World War, the black urban population of South Africa nearly doubled. Huge areas of informal settlement grew around Johannesburg and, to a lesser extent, other major cities. One of the most famous leaders in the Squatter Movement, was James Mpanza. In defiance of the laws forcing Black people out of "white" areas, Mpanza and other leaders urged their followers to set up informal settlements. They provided hessian for shanties, employed a camp police force, controlled trading rights and charged the inhabitants levies to pay for services. The government could no longer deny the need for black settlements and eventually the central government and the Johannesburg City Council began setting up emergency camps. Today township dwellers
Collections: Shuter and Shooter
Subcollections:
Izak de Vries
Country: South Africa
Orientation: panoramic
Pixel Size: 2480 x 1268
Media Id: 87_234
Credit: Izak de Vries / Shuter and Shooter / Africa Media Online
Keywords:
South Africa,
Gauteng,
Johannesburg,
settlements,
informal settlements,
shanty,
shanties,
informal housing,
corrugated iron houses,
shacks,
townships,
Kempton Park,
aerial photographs,
,
Model Release: No
Property Release: No
