Place to see: District 6, Cape Saint Francis, South Africa
District 6
The Posers
About this place:
District 6, Cape Town (South Africa). I photographed the dismantling of District 6 during the Forced Removals carried out by the then Apartheid government. The District was located right next to Cape Town City and was considered to be a valuable commercial property. Thousands of people were removed, protesting, to the Cape Flats. Some have since returned to re-claim their property, to re-settle in what was a cosmopolitan suburb, created in the 1800's. The houses have gone, the Christian churches demolished, sparing only a few Mosques. I captured over 2500 slides of the area from 1978 to 1982. These images, and a few more, are all of what's left of the original collection, most of which were destroyed in a fire.
However, you can still visit District 6, and wonder about the District Museum in Cape Town. Good for the soul.
Main Street
Cape Saint Francis, Province of Eastern Cape, ZA
Discovered by Paul Lindenberg
on 27 February 2008.
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