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Sophiatown Heritage & Cultural Centre

In February 1955, the government evicted over 60,000 residents of the thriving multi-racial neighbourhood and razed their homes and businesses in order to create a new whites-only town.

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Sophiatown Heritage & Cultural Centre
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Sophiatown’s mix of political, literary, music, social, criminal and cultural “movers and shakers” provided a backdrop for this important period in Johannesburg’s history.

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