Tyefu irrigation scheme : cabbages and onions (text)
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“Tyefu irrigation scheme : cabbages and onions (text)”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/11253
- 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 a transcript "Cabbages and onions grown by one of the 12 commercial farmers at Tyefu". Tyefu Agricultural Scheme was a showpiece agricultural scheme run by the Ciskei administration in the impoverished tribal land south of Glenmore. Begun in November 1976, it was open to only a small number of selected farmers, all of whom had already been allocated plots
- 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/10962/18137
- Location - Physical Location
- Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University.
- Rights Holder
- Eastern Province Herald
- Provenance
- Klipfontein - Glenmore Forced Removal Collection
- Location - Copy -- Shelf Locator
- PIC/M 4801-16.1
- useGuidelines
- Copryright. Image made available for research and educational purposes only.
- Hierarchies
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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)
- The People versus the State (12 items)
“Tyefu irrigation scheme : cabbages and onions (text)”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/11253
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