Cory Library and Historical Archives

Mr Louis Koch - Chief Director of the Eastern Cape Administrative Board (text)

Item

Title

Mr Louis Koch - Chief Director of the Eastern Cape Administrative Board (text)

Date

1979-04-12

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: "Mr Louis Koch, Chief Director of the East Cape Administration Board, stands beside the 500 wood-frame houses comprising the temporary scheme at the Glenmore site on the Fish River" Photograph reprinted by Everet Smith on 12 April 1979

Subject/s

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

Provenance

Klipfontein - Glenmore Forced Removal Collection

Archive

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

Asset No.

PIC/M 4801-11.1

Rights Holder

Evening Post

Use/re-use

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

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10962/22186

Item sets

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

Media

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