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District 6 Ruins

District 6 Ruins

Long-buried houses revealed after diggers clear a site for housing in District 6 in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Date taken
4 July 2020
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Ashraf Hendricks
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Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp
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