A resettlement camp in a homeland

Updated: 24 Jul 2019

Inhabitants of Ekuvukene, a "resettlement" village in what was the black "homeland" called KwaZulu in Natal. Millions of black South Africans were forcibly moved to such villages during the last 30 years of apartheid. Such resettlement villages became a dumping ground for women and children, the sick and elderly and anyone else deemed unnecessary to the white economy.

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South African History Online. (2014, September 1). A resettlement camp in a homeland. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0098237

South African History Online (2014) 'A resettlement camp in a homeland', South African History Online, 1 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0098237 (Accessed: 6 September 2026).

South African History Online, A resettlement camp in a homeland [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0098237, (accessed 6 September 2026).

"A resettlement camp in a homeland." South African History Online, 1 Sept. 2014, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0098237. Accessed 6 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "A resettlement camp in a homeland." South African History Online. September 1, 2014. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0098237.