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The Desegregation of Hillbrow, Johannesburg, 1978-82

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  • Alan Morris

    (Department of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Private Bag 3, Wits, South Africa 2050)

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A cornerstone of apartheid was the enforcement of urban residential segregation. From the mid 1970s, however, the racial composition of the Johannesburg inner city, historically a white group area, altered dramatically. The paper illustrates that the national context in the 1970s made it increasingly difficult for the state to carry out its urban apartheid policy. The economic crisis increased the state housing shortage in the respective black group areas, thereby forcing people to migrate into the Johannesburg inner city where there was an abundance of accommodation. The political crisis and changing class composition of Afrikaners brought about hesitancy and division within the National Party as the more pragmatic verligtes battled against the conservative, verkrampte wing. This facilitated the movement of 'non-white' families into the Johannesburg inner city.

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  • Alan Morris, 1994. "The Desegregation of Hillbrow, Johannesburg, 1978-82," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 31(6), pages 821-834, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:31:y:1994:i:6:p:821-834
    DOI: 10.1080/00420989420080691
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    1. Alan Morris, 1999. "Tenant-Landlord Relations, the Anti-apartheid Struggle and Physical Decline in Hillbrow, an Inner-city Neighbourhood in Johannesburg," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 36(3), pages 509-526, March.
    2. Robina Goodlad, 1996. "The Housing Challenge in South Africa," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 33(9), pages 1629-1646, November.
    3. Alan Gilbert & Owen Crankshaw, 1999. "Comparing South African and Latin American Experience: Migration and Housing Mobility in Soweto," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 36(13), pages 2375-2400, December.
    4. Sally Gaule, 2005. "Alternating Currents of Power: From Colonial to Post-apartheid Spatial Patterns in Newtown, Johannesburg," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 42(13), pages 2335-2361, December.

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