'We were robbed of our dignity': District Six claimants still waiting to return home

27 June 2021 - 00:00
By philani nombembe AND Philani Nombembe

A 100-year-old claimant who was taken to view her new home in District Six a week ago was told she would get the key on Thursday. When the handover was cancelled at the last minute it was the latest in a chain of disappointments that has spanned decades for thousands of people evicted from the central Cape Town community under the Group Areas Act.

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