Cory Library and Historical Archives

Ronnie Knott - owner of farm Glenmore (text)

Item

“Ronnie Knott - owner of farm Glenmore (text)”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/11257

Title

Ronnie Knott - owner of farm Glenmore (text)

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 - About 4000 Fingo Village residents will be asked to signify today if they favour moving to a new town to be built on the farm Glenmore at Committees Drift, 37 kilometres from Grahamstown"

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/10962/18254

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 4801-7.1

useGuidelines

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

Item sets

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

Media

vital_22344+SOURCE1+SOURCE1.0.jpeg

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)

“Ronnie Knott - owner of farm Glenmore (text)”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/11257