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Map of townships around Pretoria, Johannesburg and Vereeniging.
With special reference to Soweto and Sharpeville.
Townships around the Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Vereeniging region of South Africa. With special reference to Soweto and Sharpeville
"The most pressing single need of the Native community is more adequate housing. Only by provision of adequate shelter in properly planned native townships can full control over urban natives be regained because only then will it be possible to eliminate the surplus natives who do not seek or find an honest living in the cities."
Dr Werner Eiselen, Secretary for Native Affairs, 1951.

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