Photograph captioned ‘In Meadowlands there are well built schools, but in Sophiatown, a few miles away, children will make do with education in a cluttered backyard’.
This photograph appeared in a Sunday Times article by Iain Lang entitled ‘Tragic South Africa: 2. Beyond the White Barriers’, 12 January 1958, Catalogue Ref: DO 35/6715
- What does this photograph infer about the state of education in 1958 in Sophiatown for Black Africans? Explain your answer.
- How does this source relate to the Freedom Charter in Source 7c?
- What can you find out about Meadowlands mentioned in the caption?
- Why do you think this photograph was taken?