- ZA HPRA A3440-B-B1-B1.10-B1.10.10
- Pièce
- 1967
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
"We sleep anywhere", a boy told me, "in drainpipes, parks, junk yards, anywhere". At dawn I found them lying in a park, shivering.
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- ZA HPRA A3440-B-B1-B1.10-B1.10.11
- Pièce
- 1967
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
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
- Pièce
- 1967
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
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
- Pièce
- 1967
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
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
- Pièce
- 1967
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
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
- Pièce
- 1967
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
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
- Pièce
- 1967
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
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
- Pièce
- 1967
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
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
- Pièce
- 1967
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
Tsotsis are celebrating in a municipal drinking lounge - with more to spend than honest black earns in day's work.
- ZA HPRA A3440-B-B1-B1.10-B1.10.2
- Pièce
- 1967
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
Township mother fights losing battle to keep son, age nine, from running off t live life of the streets. She tries to assert authority with threats: "What's your future going to be like without an education?" But it is too late...
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