POLITICAL MANIPULATION OF URBAN SPACE: THE RAZING OF DISTRICT SIX, CAPE TOWN

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District Six was a mixed-race residential area located in the heart of Cape Town. Although physically run down and overcrowded, it was prized for the sense of place and belonging it gave to its occupants. Under the provisions of apartheid's Group Areas legislation, the area was proclaimed in 1966 for settlement exclusively by white people. Amid unprecedented opposition, during the ensuing two decades some 55,000 people were displaced, being moved to the distant, custom-built townships established on the Cape Flats for so-called "coloureds." The redeveloped District Six landscape reflects a prolonged and bitter contest over the political domination of urban space.

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