Sophiatown in Apartheid

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Meaning of apartheid

‘separateness’.

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In what year was the Group Areas Act established?

1950.

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The apartheid government wanted to demolish Sophiatown in what year?

1954.

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What did the ANC, encouraged by Nelson Mandela, do to resist?

Paint, “We won’t move!” in Sophiatown, 1955.

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What was the “cornerstone” of Apartheid policy, and it aimed to eliminate what neighbourhoods?

The Group Areas Act of 1950, and it aimed to eliminate mixed neighbourhoods in favour of segregated ones for South Africans to develop separately.

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Why is the Group Areas Act so significant for Indian and coloured people?

It was one of the first drastic rights infringement for Indian and coloured people.