The Star newspaper condemns the forced removal of black residents from Sophiatown, near central Johannesburg, to Soweto, located on the outskirts of the city. This forced removal was part of the government's countrywide apartheid plan to turn the residential and business areas of cities and towns white. They did this by forcibly removing black South Africans to ghetto-like 'locations' or 'townships', away from the white areas.
eventREF E-0011815Revised
9 February 1955
The Star Condemns Forced Removals In Sophiatown
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01TNA, Today in History, from THE NEW AGE, [online], Available at www.thenewage.co.za [Accessed: 17 January 2014]
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). The Star Condemns Forced Removals In Sophiatown. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011815
South African History Online (2011) 'The Star Condemns Forced Removals In Sophiatown', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011815 (Accessed: 15 October 2026).
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South African History Online. "The Star Condemns Forced Removals In Sophiatown." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011815.
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