City of Port Elizabeth Departmental Circular No. 54 of 1954 announcing the relocation of forty seven families from the Dassiekraal slum area to New Brighton Township.
Archive record
Slum clearance of the portion of Dassiekraal known as slum Case No. S. 577

- Origin date
- 22 May 1954
- Updated
- 26 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Slum clearance of the portion of Dassiekraal known as slum Case No. S. 577 . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112064
South African History Online (2016) 'Slum clearance of the portion of Dassiekraal known as slum Case No. S. 577 ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112064 (Accessed: 21 September 2026).
South African History Online, Slum clearance of the portion of Dassiekraal known as slum Case No. S. 577 [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112064, (accessed 21 September 2026).
"Slum clearance of the portion of Dassiekraal known as slum Case No. S. 577 ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112064. Accessed 21 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Slum clearance of the portion of Dassiekraal known as slum Case No. S. 577 ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112064.
Further reading
DISA Archive
Letter from Barney Pityana to Neville Curtis
KwaZulu-Natal Literary Trails (under Heritage Routes)
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