- ZA HPRA A3440-A-A3-A3.2-A3.2.11
- sub-sub-sub-series
Newspaper clips; captions for images; typescript written and signed by Can Themba about shebeens and liquor law in South Africa, undated.
Newspaper clips; captions for images; typescript written and signed by Can Themba about shebeens and liquor law in South Africa, undated.
Because of the shortage of school building, African children attend classes in any available structure- a tin shack or a church. For new school to be built, township residents must first raise half the cost.
Because of the shortage of school building, African children attend classes in any available structure- a tin shack or a church. For new school to be built, township residents must first raise half the cost.
Drummer intones hymn and congregation takes it up with gusto, swaying bodies as they sing. Soon they are carried away with emotion and begin dancing in rhythm with the drum.
At the end of a day there is nothing to do but sleep.
"We sleep anywhere", a boy told me, "in drainpipes, parks, junk yards, anywhere". At dawn I found them lying in a park, shivering.
Cardboard punched with holes and hung from the ceiling serves one man as holder for his spoons.
Street boys angling for a way to eat, which they do only when they have money.
Their hangout at fringe of white city's lights.
Students kneel on floor to write. government is casual about furnishing schools for blacks.