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The destruction of Sophiatown is widely documented, considered as the Nationalist Party (NP) government's model for its urban apartheid legislation and policies.
- Urban Removals
This feature examines the history of forced removals in...
- Sophiatown
The removal of people and the destruction of Sophiatown took...
- Urban Removals
Sophiatown was one of the oldest black areas in Johannesburg and its destruction represented some of the excesses of South Africa under apartheid.
This feature examines the history of forced removals in Johannesburg up to the destruction of Sophiatown. It begins by establishing the link between the destruction of Johannesburg’s inner city slum yards and the significant growth in Sophiatown’s population.
The removal of people and the destruction of Sophiatown took place from 1955 to 1960. People’s homes and other properties were destroyed. After the removal of people from Sophiatown, Nelson Mandela made a speech, specifically naming the incident to encourage people to rise against Apartheid system.
11 de feb. de 2015 · Sixty years ago, the South African government cleared Sophiatown, a multi-racial neighbourhood in Johannesburg, to turn it into a whites-only area.
Resistance to these moves by the leading black political organisation of the time, the African National Congress (A.N.C.), was short-lived and unsuccessful. Despite its abortive nature, the attempt to oppose the destruction of Sophiatown was historically significant for several reasons.
Sophiatown is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was the site of one of the best-known examples of forced removal during the apartheid era.
