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District Six

area, Cape Town, South Africa
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  • Group Areas Act
    Group Areas Act
    / Passage, enforcement, and impact

    …relocation involved the razing of District Six, a lively mixed-population neighborhood of Cape Town, that in 1966 was designated by the government as an area only for the white population. At least 60,000 people were relocated, most of them to the barren outskirts of town, and the area was cleared…

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    …relocation involved the razing of District Six, a lively mixed-population neighborhood of Cape Town, that in 1966 was designated by the government as an area only for the white population. At least 60,000 people were relocated, most of them to the barren outskirts of town, and the area was cleared…

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