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ArticleSophiatown Timeline
… 1920s Non-whites move into the freehold townships of Sophiatown, Martindale and Newclare. Poor whites move into … City Council to remove all Africans and…
ArticleSophiatown timeline 1899-1955
… Municipality to develop as a residential area. 1912 Sophiatown has the first of its inhabitants. These are mainly white families 1912-1921 Sophiatown grows,…
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
… An Invaluable Historical Source The literature on "life in Sophiatown" by a generation of prose writers, novelists, … prose have left a legacy that has…
ArticleLife in Sophiatown
… became the order of the day. Black property owners in Sophiatown were themselves poor. In order to pay back the … and lively community developed and it is…
ArticleGangsterism in Sophiatown
… the behaviour of gangsters like Kortboy and Don Mattera in Sophiatown was despised by many as "anti social". Tom Lodge however, suggests that in a sense,…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… Apartheid's Truimph Over Non-Racialism The destruction of Sophiatown is widely documented, considered as the … that need to be plugged to achieve a fuller…
ArticleAn Introduction to Sophiatown
… Gerty, Bertha, Toby, Sol - and called the suburb-to-be Sophiatown after his wife, Sophia. Stands were at first … shattered: the Town Council decided that the…
ArticleSocio-economics in Sophiatown
… economic activity of children African children living in Sophiatown were particularly vulnerable to the harshness of … As they got older they would join…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… forced removals in Johannesburg up to the destruction of Sophiatown. It begins by establishing the link between the … inner city slum yards and the…
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… Act was specifically instituted to displace Africans from Sophiatown, a largely African township of Johannesburg, which had become a threat to the apartheid…
PlaceSophiatown
… Sophiatown was originally a Farm outside Johannesburg , … new arrivals had no place to go; thus they were moved to; Sophiatown . The Area became overcrowded…
ArchiveSophiatown
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ArchiveRequiem for Sophiatown
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Forced Removals Sophiatown
… Forced Removals Sophiatown …
EventSophiatown residents are forcefully moved to Soweto
… knobkerries and rifles, forcefully moved the families of Sophiatown to Meadowlands, Soweto . Their possessions were … towns white. A new, white suburb was…
EventFinal evacuation of Sophiatown by black residents
… Forced removals from Sophiatown had started in 1955 and by 1963 the demolition of … Triomf (meaning triumph). Click here to read more about Sophiatown. ……
EventThe Star Condemns Forced Removals In Sophiatown
… condemns the forced removal of black residents from Sophiatown, near central Johannesburg, to Soweto, located on … The Star Condemns Forced Removals In…
EventWalter Sisulu acts against Sophiatown forced removals
… acted as speaker at a meeting of the organisation held in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. This was in defiance of the forced … Walter Sisulu acts against…
Final evacuation of Sophiatown by Black residents.
… Final evacuation of Sophiatown by Black residents. …
Peter Papela Nthite
… Born 1929, the son of a labourer, he grew up in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. From St Cyprian's in Sophiatown he went to Adams College but left school at 16 to ……
BiographySimon Tyeku
… Chairman of the Sophiatown African National Congress in the mid-1950s and a … where he became a coal dealer and property owner in Sophiatown and joined the…
BiographyEdward Sonnyboy Bhengu
… Edward Sonnyboy Bhengu was born on 8 November 1934 in Sophiatown to Gladys Toti in the Italian household of the … Mattera, and the eldest brother of Don…
BiographyCanodoise (Can) Themba
… with a first class pass. After graduating, Themba moved to Sophiatown, Johannesburg- a vibrant multi-racial community. … of African life in the Johannesburg…
BiographyRexon ‘Scotch’ Mathebula
… also known as Scotch was born on 15 April 1926 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. Mathebula left Sophiatown when he was seven years old and went to live with …
BiographySuliman Moosa Esakjee
… Township, Jeppe, Malay Camp, Asiatic Bazaar/ Pretoria, Sophiatown, Newclare, Martindale, Benoni, Nigel, Springs, … (at) that time there was a big uproar…
BiographyPercy Peter Qoboza
… Qoboza was born on 17 January 1938. He grew up in Sophiatown, which was a hybrid township of cinemas, shebeens, …
Walter Sisulu attends a massive meeting of the ANC in Sophiatown, Johannesburg.
… Walter Sisulu attends a massive meeting of the ANC in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. …
Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele, SA Minister of Housing, is born in Sophiatown.
… Mthembi-Mahanyele, SA Minister of Housing, is born in Sophiatown. …
BiographyThandi Klaasen
… most celebrated jazz musicians and a defining voice of the Sophiatown cultural renaissance. The daughter of a shoemaker and a domestic worker, she grew up in…
BiographyOupa Ronald Madondo
… Madondo (known as MK Scorpion) was born on 20 May 1948 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). With the advent of forced removals from…