* Black residents evicted from Sophiatown ā lively, multicultural suburb on the edges of JohannesburgĀ
* Existence of Sophiatown was defiance of Apartheid messages ā keeping different racesĀ
* Multicultural + free nature was a threat to the governmentĀ
* Policemen armed with rifles and guns, residents moved with a few days ā forced out of homes, police had families move goods onto trucks
* Rehoused in a sterile estate called Meadowlands
* Sophiatown bulldozed and turned into whites only area called Triomph
* First stage of policy known as āseparate developmentāĀ