- ZA HPRA A3440-B-B1-B1.3-B1.3.7
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- 1967
Typical location has acres of identical four-room houses on nameless streets. Many are hours by train from city jobs.
Typical location has acres of identical four-room houses on nameless streets. Many are hours by train from city jobs.
Sign warns that permits are needed to enter location.
Africans throng Johannesburg station platform
Africans throng Johannesburg station platform during late afternoon rush hour.
With no room inside train, some ride between cars.
Which black train to take is matter of guesswork. They have n destination signs and no announcement of arrivals is made. Head car may be numbered to show its route, but number is often wrong. I|n confusion, passengers sometimes jump across track, and some are killed by express trains.
Whistle has sounded, train is moving, but people are still trying to get on.
Train accelerates with its load of clinging passengers. They ride like this through rain and cold, some for the entire journey.
Inside, hands cling to a suitcase
All stand packed together on the floors and seats.
A woman carries a baby on her back.