District Six Museum

The District Six community (60 000 people )were forcibly removed to barren outlying areas aptly known as the Cape Flats, and their houses were flattened by bulldozers.

Originally it was established as a mixed community of freed slaves, merchants, artisans, labourers and immigrants.
It was a vibrant ares with close links to the city and the port.

Photo by carminenyc

As the more prosperous moved away to the suburbs, the area became the neglected ward of Cape Town. In 1966, it was declared a white area under the Group areas Act of 1950, and by 1982, the life of the community was over.

This Museum, works with the memories of these experiences and with the history of forced removals more generally.

Photo by carminenyc

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