The Natives Resettlement Act

Cards (3)

  • The Natives Resettlement Act
    1954
  • Resettled 75,000 people from Sophiatown into 'Meadowlands' township (1955), it was demolished and replaced by a white suburb called Triomf (Afrikaans for triumph), took 6 years
  • Aimed to take something from blacks because theycould, despite opposition even from other politicians, it won - its leader claiming those against were unfair to blacks and trying to prevent slum clearance