An Introduction to Sophiatown
… a pleasant white suburb that could be developed on a site to the West of Johannesburg. It was some way out of town, on … - Edith, Gerty, Bertha, Toby, Sol - and called the suburb-to-be Sophiatown after his wife, Sophia. Stands were at first … bought by whites. But Mr Tobiansky's plans were about to be shattered: the Town Council decided that the area next …