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The apartheid government’s Group Areas Act of 1950 displaced communities from one area to another throughout South Africa. This podcast explores what these new communities were like, how people rebuilt a sense of community and how their new house, their new neighbours and this new community became home.

What was it like for you when you first arrived at your new home?

Guests: Patricia Langford, Vivienne Cloete, Elizabeth Petersen, Clifford Schoonraad, Rosaline Isaacs, Cecil Jacobs and Aboubarker Brown
Story and narration: Lisa Hendricks
Featuring: Ayanda Mpono and Matthew Nissen
Sound Engineer: Ivor Solomons
Music by Zolani Mfihlo

The oral history programme is funded by the Mellon Foundation.

14 Apr 2023 English South Africa History · Documentary

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