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Mar 31, 2023

The Integrated Community Apartheid Could Not Destroy: The Warwick Avenue Triangle in Durban

This paper focuses on the Warwick Avenue Triangle (WAT), an inner city community, and attempts to explain how one of the...

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Mar 31, 2023

Urban struggles apartheid local and civic and the transformation of the state: the case of community organizations in Durban

The pressure for change at the local level from civic, community, ratepayers and residents' associations has significant...

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Mar 30, 2023

Restructuring the Apartheid City - Cato Manor - A Prime Urban Reconstruction Opportunity

Cato Manor, in the city of Durban, was identified for urban reconstruction and development, with promising prospects for...

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Mar 30, 2023

The Erosion of Residential Segregation in South Africa: The 'Greying' of Albert Park in Durban

In South Africa, the Group Areas Act, which emphasised racial residential segregation, was one of the key instruments us...

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Mar 29, 2023

The Group Areas Act and Community Destruction in South Africa - The Struggle for Cato Manor in Durban

In South Africa, attention has been drawn to the destruction of Sophiatown in Johannesburg (Lodge 1983) and the razing o...

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Mar 29, 2023

Race, Ethnicity and Conflict in the Indian Diaspora

The Indian diaspora can be regarded as an international phenomenon, with a presence in more than 100 countries globally....

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Mar 29, 2023

Hamba Khaya - Go Home to Mumbai - Tracing the New Indian Diaspora

Indians in the indentured diaspora were always vulnerable, in both colonial and postcolonial times. This essay analyses ...

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Mar 28, 2023

The Historical Development of the Apartheid Local State in South Africa: The Case of Durban

In Durban, there was a strong historical alliance between the Council and the white working class. The Council was parti...

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Mar 28, 2023

The Local State and Residential Segregation: Durban and the Prelude to the Group Areas Act

Conventionally, residential segregation in South Africa is associated with the ascent to power of the National Party, an...

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Apartheid, Urban Segregation, and the Local State: Durban and the Group Areas Act in South Africa
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Mar 27, 2023

Apartheid, Urban Segregation, and the Local State: Durban and the Group Areas Act in South Africa

There has been some speculation about the origins of the Group Areas Act (GAA), one of the key instruments used to enfor...

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Govin Reddy
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Mar 24, 2023

Govin Reddy

Political activist, political prisoner, banned person, exile, teacher, involved in the revival of the Natal Indian Congr...

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Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa: Memorial Service of Steve Mokone
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Mar 22, 2023

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa: Memorial Service of Steve Mokone

Programme Director, Minister of Sport and Recreation Fikile Mbalula, Acting Premier of Gauteng Ms Qedane Mahlangu, Fa...

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Neil Robert Tovey
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Mar 22, 2023

Neil Robert Tovey

Former Football player, South African Coach

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My Life by Stephanie Kemp
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Mar 22, 2023

My Life by Stephanie Kemp

Explore this africa item to learn more about South African history.

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Mar 19, 2023

Genocide Masquerading: The Politics of the Sharpeville Massacre and Soweto Uprising

“Genocide Masquerading” uncovers the implications of US foreign policy on the rise and decline of apartheid, looking spe...

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