The Indian community of Plessislaer, 1940-1960
The Group Areas Act (GAA) of 1950 enacted by the National Party ratified residential segregation throughout the country. During the 1950s and 1960s, large-scale removals of Africans, Indians, and Coloureds were carried out to implement this Act. Plessislaer, a peri-urban area eight kilometres outsid...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Univ.
2014
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Nidān
Year: 2014, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 102-119 |
| Further subjects: | B
Arya Samaj
B Natal B Family B Indian B Indenture |
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| Summary: | The Group Areas Act (GAA) of 1950 enacted by the National Party ratified residential segregation throughout the country. During the 1950s and 1960s, large-scale removals of Africans, Indians, and Coloureds were carried out to implement this Act. Plessislaer, a peri-urban area eight kilometres outside of Pietermaritzburg, was one such area that was affected. The area was once a multi-racial district comprising a large proportion of Indians. As a result of the GAA, this region was demarcated an African area and Indians had to relocate to racially zoned areas. This article focuses on the settlement of the Indian community of Plessislaer, and examines their lives, struggles and achievements prior to them being forcibly removed. The period under study was characterised by increasing racial segregation both nationally as well as locally and it is against this backdrop that this article will be examined. |
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| ISSN: | 2414-8636 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nidān
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.58125/nidan.2014.2 |