Cory Library and Historical Archives

Glenmore residents queueing for food rations

Item

“Glenmore residents queueing for food rations”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/11247

Title

Glenmore residents queueing for food rations

Description

A series of photographs showing views of forced removal of communities from Klipfontein farm, near Kenton-on-sea, and other areas, to Glenmore in 1979. These photographs were accumulated by Ben Maclennan when he worked as a journalist for Eastern Province Herald, covering the move, and when he wrote the book "Glenmore : the story of a forced removal. This photograph showing Professor Michael Whisson and Glenmore residents who are queueing for food rations. Professor Whisson, head of the Anthropology Department at Rhodes University, was a member of the Glenmore Action Group since its inception

Subject

Forced migration -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Photographs

Forced migration -- South Africa -- Glenmore -- Photographs

Forced migration -- South Africa -- Klipfontein -- Photographs

Blacks -- South Africa -- Relocation -- Photographs

Apartheid -- South Africa -- Photographs

Glenmore (South Africa) -- Race relations -- Photographs

Squatters -- South Africa -- Glenmore -- Photographs

Type

Image

Format

jpg

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10962/17081

Location - Physical Location

Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University.

Provenance

Klipfontein - Glenmore Forced Removal Collection

Location - Copy -- Shelf Locator

PIC/M 4801-20

useGuidelines

Copryright. Image made available for research and educational purposes only.

Item sets

Klipfontein & Glenmore, Cape Province - Forced Removals Collection (1979)

Media

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Hierarchies

Apartheid, the Struggle and the People

• Anti-Apartheid Movement and Acts of Defiance (7 items)
• Apartheid - Legal Frameworks (2 items)
• Forced Removals and Evictions (104 items)
  • Klipfontein & Glenmore, Cape Province - Forced Removals Collection (1979) (84 items)
  • Oxton and Zweledinga, Cape Province - Forced Removals Collection (1980) (20 items)
• The People versus the State (12 items)

“Glenmore residents queueing for food rations”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/11247