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28 lis 2022 · This may be related to the legacy of South Africa’s colonial and apartheid planning and transport policies creating vast distances between places of work and home for most residents.
18 sie 2019 · The geographical landscape in South Africa (physical, social and economic), was profoundly influenced by the policy of apartheid. This chapter analyses the rise and demise of the apartheid city and is divided into four sections. The first section focuses on compounds...
17 maj 2017 · To understand why – after more than 20 years since the abolition of the laws that regulated apartheid – segregation, inequality and social justice still are, at every territorial scale, the distinct feature of South Africa’s settlement patterns, requires coming to terms with at least three elements. The first is the demographic dimension.
11 cze 2021 · The apartheid policies pursued by South African governments between 1948 and 1994 were justified in terms of minimising friction between culturally distant population groups. Harmony, in so disparate a multi-racial society, was held to depend on separation.
22 kwi 2024 · The scars of Apartheid run deep, leaving a legacy of segregation, discrimination and inequality. This is evidenced by the stark economic disparities in the country. A 2022 World Bank report on inequality in southern Africa gave South Africa the unfortunate distinction of being the most unequal country in the world.
1 maj 2024 · Under South Africa’s apartheid, several million African “Blacks”, one of the racial categories under this system of racial segregation, were forced to move and live in homeland areas separately from the White minority (Simkins 1983). Black families were suddenly uprooted from their traditional way of life and sent to distant reserves ...
South Africans who were elated at the end of apartheid, and at the promise of townships becoming towns, now battle to remain hopeful. For many it can seem like a surreal and conflicted world. The media report that the country is prospering, but day-to-day experience often says otherwise.
