The house was filled to capacity when over 850 VOC supporters gathered to reminisce about District Six at the annual Golden Hour Luncheon, which was hosted at Darul Islam High, on Saturday. This year guests were taken down memory lane in celebration of ‘District 6: 50 years back’. The event[…]
In a world in which members of all ethic, cultural and religious groups have fought for acknowledgement and respect, today we witness unparalleled intolerance directed toward specific groups. Within the Western Cape, however, community members have managed to continue to practice tolerance despite rising Islamophobia globally. This undeniable tolerance and[…]
VOC will pay homage to the vibrancy and rich, colourful history of District Six at this year’s Golden Hour Luncheon to coincide with the 50 year commemoration of the apartheid dispossessions. Once the heart of the city, most of District Six is now desolate land but former residents are now[…]
The restitution process in District Six has proven among the most complex claims to settle. So said Minster of Rural development and Land Reform Gugile Nkwinti, addressing former residents on Thursday at an event to mark the 50th anniversary of the declaration of District Six as a white group area.[…]
Today, 11 February, marks fifty years since District Six had been declared a whites-only area under the Group Areas Act. The area is a unique space in the Country that The Department of Rural Development and Land reform is currently redeveloping for victims affected by the land dispossession. To tell[…]
“Every time I walk or drive pass District Six I can see my house still standing there…that is where I was born. It is so heart sore to come to town and go back…you know that feeling of not being able to go home.” This is how 59 year old[…]
Fifty years after the apartheid government declared District Six a whites-only area, Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille said the city continued to do all it could to see the rightful claimants returned to the area. Following the declaration under the Group Areas Act on February 11, 1966, more than[…]
Residents in District Six are strongly opposing a proposed private residential development over fears the new property will have a long term detrimental impact on rate payers. The site in question is situated on Chapel Street and has stood empty for over 10 years. In August, some residents received notices[…]
“Down with the DA” were the chants of angry District Six claimants at a protest outside the Cape Town Civic Centre on Wednesday. The demonstrators demanded Mayor Patricia de Lille address them on the land claims process but the mayor was a no-show. Hundreds of people marched to the civic[…]
An influx of new claimants in the District Six restitution process has necessitated the need for a redress of the area’s redevelopment. With the claims process having reopened in July 2014, more than 5000 new applicants have since registered for restitution in the area. This prompted the District Six Working[…]
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