It is estimated that more than 50 % of the inhabitants of the Mdantsane township today are under the age of 18 years.
The images shown here were taken 48 years ago in 1963 during the Transkei elections. The Transkei was the first of the ' Bantustans States " set aside for Africans by the South African Apartheid Government. The Bantustan were supposedly self-governing but they were in reality controlled by Whites.
Waiting To Vote
Transkei women dressed in the traditional Xhosa costume are waiting outside a polling station during the Transkei Elections in 1963. More than two thirds of the Transkei electorate voted, despite Apartheid Government restrictions at the time on political rallies and meetings.
Showing The Passbooks
African votes register for the Transkei elections in 1963.
(Pictures are from Time Life Library, South Africa, 1963)
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