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The South African government finally approves the introduction of 99-year leasehold rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu

Date
21 Feb 1985
Updated
30 Sep 2019
The South African government finally approves the introduction of 99-year leasehold rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu

On 21 February 1985, the South African government finally approved the introduction of 99-year leasehold rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu. The government also promised to improve facilities in those areas. The statement was made by the Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Gerrit Viljoen. Viljoen stressed that this would only apply to those who were legally allowed to live in the Cape Peninsula. The Minister also announced that he would visit representatives of different squatter groups in Crossroads. The 99-year leasehold rights were first extended to Soweto's townships in 1979, an experiment that the government may have considered successful. This represented an extension of the measures to all other black townships.

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  1. 01Anon, (1985), '99-year Leasehold for Cape townships' from The Star (Available at National Library of South Africa, Cape Town campus)

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). The South African government finally approves the introduction of 99-year leasehold rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012580

South African History Online (2011) 'The South African government finally approves the introduction of 99-year leasehold rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012580 (Accessed: 7 August 2026).

South African History Online, The South African government finally approves the introduction of 99-year leasehold rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012580, (accessed 7 August 2026).

"The South African government finally approves the introduction of 99-year leasehold rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012580. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "The South African government finally approves the introduction of 99-year leasehold rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012580.

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