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Children in a township near Cape Town in 1989 Children in a township near Cape Town. In South Africa, the terms township and location usually refers to an under-developed, racially segregated urban area, from the late 19th century until the end of apartheid, were reserved for non-whites, namely Black Africans, Coloureds and Indians.
23 – Ernest George Jansen is appointed the 9th Governor-General of the Union of South Africa. November. 2 – South African Airways inaugurates daily services between Johannesburg and Bulawayo and between Johannesburg and Cape Town. December. 13 – South Africa refuses to place South-West Africa under UN trusteeship. 21 – The gold town of ...
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The Group Areas Act led to a massive programme of forced removals in South Africa and subsequently in George as well. [4] Under the guidance of Apartheid legislation, George implemented the Group Areas Act of 1950 which led to Rosemoor and Pacaltsdorp being declared Coloured Group Areas. Additional townships were established to accommodate ...
Historical Association of South Africa headquartered in Pretoria. [12] 1958 - 17 November The first theatre production opens at the Breytenbach Theatre. 1959 - "Treason trial" of ANC leaders begins. [1] 1960 - Laudium township [6] and Africa Institute of South Africa established. 1961 - City becomes capital of the Republic of South Africa. [1]
In 1950 the area was practically uninhabited. There was a single, ... Khayelitsha – One of the largest townships in South Africa, established during apartheid.
Chatsworth is a large township in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa established in the 1950s to segregate the Indian population and create a buffer between the white suburbs of Durban to the north and the black townships of Durban to the south.
In 1950, the Group Areas Act. racially divided Port Shepstone similar to many other towns and cities in South Africa in which Marburg was classified as the "Indian area" of Port Shepstone. Marburg was one of the four Indian proclaimed townships in the KwaZulu-Natal province and its neighbouring suburb of Merlewood to the west was classified as ...