| Main centres: | 1-3 business days |
| Regional areas: | 3-4 business days |
| Remote areas: | 3-5 business days |
2001. Soft cover, 178 pages. Very good condition. Under 1kg
Overview: District Six was named the sixth municipal district of Cape Town in 1867. Originally established as a mixed community of freed slaves, artisans, laborers and immigrants, District Six was a vibrant center with close links to the city and the port. By the beginning of the twentieth century, however, the history of removals and marginalization had begun. The first to be 'resettled' were Africans, forcibly displaced from the District in 1901. As the more prosperous moved away to the suburbs, the area become the neglected ward of Cape Town. In 1966 it was a declared a white area under the Group Areas Act of 1950 and by 1982, the life of the community was over. 60,000 people were forcibly removed to barren outlaying areas aptly known as the Cape Flats, and their houses in District Six were flattened by bulldozers. The District Six Museum, established in December 1994, works with the memories of these experiences and with the history of forced removals more generally.
