District Six

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Having withstood apartheid removals, District Six families fight eviction by new owner

Original District Six cottages now face the threat of developer’s bulldozers

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News | 22 May 2023

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District Six: Why judge described minister as “reckless and grossly negligent”

Personal cost order against Maite Nkoana Mashabane after land claims process stalls

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Law | 13 August 2019

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Minister promises to finalise District Six restitution plan in August

Two decades later, District Six claimants still have no idea when they’re going to receive restitution

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News | 17 May 2019

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District Six claimaints frustrated after state fails to deliver plan

But chair of of District Six Working Committee hopes there will be restitution within three years

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News | 11 March 2019

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Push for District Six to be heritage site

This will not prevent restitution process, says museum

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News | 23 September 2016

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District Six: 3,000 ex-residents on land claims waiting list

Five decades after it was declared whites only, Shariefa Davids misses her old neighbourhood

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Feature | 23 September 2016