Cloete, A: Things were better then

During the implementation of the Group Areas Act in South Africa in the early 1980s, 'coloured', 'black' and Indian South Africans were forcibly removed to residential suburbs constructed for this purpose. This research was conducted in Belhar a suburb assigned to house relocated 'coloured' people from the Cape Metropolitan and Peninsula areas of the Western Cape Province. Belhar for this reason was historically categorised as a 'coloured' community during the implementation of the Group Areas Act. At the time of data collection the community o ...