page_title: Kliptown
hierarchical_section_title: Kliptown
caption_attribution_description: English: Kliptown, Johannesburg, 1979. Part of the collection from Paul Weinberg that makes up the photographic book Travelling Light and was also part of the Then and Now exhibition at Duke University. Shop sign: NON-WHITE SHOPThis notice is displayed in accordancewith the provisions of the ShopHours Ordinance. 1959.
context_page_description: Kliptown is a suburb of the formerly black township of Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa, located about 17 km south-west of Johannesburg. Kliptown is the oldest residential district of Soweto, and was first laid out in 1891 on land which formed part of Klipspruit farm. The farm was named after the klipspruit that runs nearby. From 1903 the area was home to informal settlements, and the area now contains a mixture of purpose-built housing and many shacks and other informal homes which form the Chris Hani and Dlamini settlements.
context_section_description: Kliptown is a suburb of the formerly black township of Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa, located about 17 km south-west of Johannesburg. Kliptown is the oldest residential district of Soweto, and was first laid out in 1891 on land which formed part of Klipspruit farm. The farm was named after the klipspruit (rocky stream) that runs nearby. From 1903 the area was home to informal settlements (squatter camps), and the area now contains a mixture of purpose-built housing and many shacks and other informal homes which form the Chris Hani and Dlamini settlements.
caption: A shop in Kliptown in 1979
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