in squatter camps there, mainly in the area beyond the city's southwestern
borders that later became know as Soweto. As Oriel Monongoaha, one of
the squatter leaders, put it: "The Government is beaten, because even the
Government of England could not stop the people from squatting. The
Government was like a man who has a cornfield which is invaded by
birds. He chases the birds from one part of the field and they alight in
another part of the field....
We squatters are the birds. The Government
sends its policemen to chase us away and we move off and occupy anoth-
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