District Six 60 Years Later: Forced Removals, Loss, Memory, Culture & Resilience

On 11 February 1966, sixty years ago, District Six in Cape Town was declared a White area under South African apartheid government’s Group Areas Act. The proclamation set in motion one of the most painful chapters in South Africa’s history and triggered the forced removal of more than 60 000 people from a neighbourhood that … Continue reading District Six 60 Years Later: Forced Removals, Loss, Memory, Culture & Resilience More