South Africa: Push for District Six to Be Heritage Site

23 September 2016

This will not prevent restitution process, says museum

Heritage is vital to understanding a community's identity and history. In District Six, over 60,000 people were forcibly removed in the late 1960s. A vibrant community was divided and pushed into the Cape Flats and other townships far away. Over several years, the neighbourhood was torn down and turned into rubble.

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