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Evictions in Khayelitsha

Evictions in Khayelitsha

A resident shows off an injury presumably from a police rubber bullet. Shacks are torn down next to Empolweni in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.
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Date taken
22 April 2020
Photo by
Ashraf Hendricks
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Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp
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Empolweni,  Evictions,  Housing,  Khayelitsha,  Police,  Violence

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