- ZA HPRA A3440-B-B1-B1.10-B1.10.1
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- 1967
African children who have left home to fend for themselves in city streets.
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- ZA HPRA A3440-B-B1-B1.10-B1.10.10
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- 1967
"We sleep anywhere", a boy told me, "in drainpipes, parks, junk yards, anywhere". At dawn I found them lying in a park, shivering.
- ZA HPRA A3440-B-B1-B1.10-B1.10.11
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- 1967
Tough talk and marijuana. These are tsotsis, youths who have turned to crime rather than work as white men's garden-boys or messengers - the usual jobs available to young blacks.
- ZA HPRA A3440-B-B1-B1.10-B1.10.12
- Item
- 1967
A white pocket being picked. Whites are angered if touched by anyone black, but a black hand under the chin is enraging.
- ZA HPRA A3440-B-B1-B1.10-B1.10.13
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- 1967
This man, distracted by his fury, does not realize his back pocket is being rifled. He is allowed to go his way - till next time.
- ZA HPRA A3440-B-B1-B1.10-B1.10.14
- Item
- 1967
On a Saturday afternoon in heart of Johannesburg five tsotsis mug white man. While others watch warily, and pretend to be passersby, fifth man surprises victim from rear with forearm blow across throat.
- ZA HPRA A3440-B-B1-B1.10-B1.10.15
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- 1967
As white man sags to street, second tsotsi helps empty his pickets. Attack was over in seconds. Gang got away with victim's weekly pay envelope. Woman in background is scurrying out of harm's way.
- ZA HPRA A3440-B-B1-B1.10-B1.10.16
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- 1967
White man assaults tsotsi who tried to snatch white woman's purse. This time black youth escaped.
- ZA HPRA A3440-B-B1-B1.10-B1.10.17
- Item
- 1967
But others may get caught as police try to solve tsotsi problem with roundups and arrests. This only toughens the youths, who take pride in being able to stand up to interrogation, beatings, and jail conditions.
- ZA HPRA A3440-B-B1-B1.10-B1.10.18
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- 1967
Tsotsis are celebrating in a municipal drinking lounge - with more to spend than honest black earns in day's work.
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