Noor Ebrahim used to live in Cape Town's District Six. He remembers the day the bulldozers came. "I was standing right there when they demolished my home in front of me," he told DW. 50 years ago ...

Cape Town - The forced removal of people from District Six had become a symbol of all that was wrong about apartheid and white minority domination, President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday. Speaking at a ...

But in 1966 when apartheid was in full swing ... "You cannot understand Cape Town's history (and South Africa) without District 6 as a reference point, and this museum tells its history with ...

Cape Town, the stronghold of the opposition Democratic ... Renamed "Sonneblom" ("Sunflower" in Afrikaans) under apartheid, District 6 has seen its original name restored to road signs and ...

The first deployment under Operation New Broom took place on Wednesday, 21 May 2025, in the historically significant District Six area of Cape Town, located in the Western Cape.

District Six is one of apartheid’s biggest monuments ... largely from the township of Khayelitsha on the outskirts of Cape Town. The result was Isango Portobello, now a 35-strong group that ...

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has denounced a bomb threat sent to the Al-Azhar Mosque in District Six, calling it a dangerous act of intimidation. SAPS is investigating the threat, which was ...

The District Six Museum in Cape Town tells the story of the forced removals of over 60 000 residents during apartheid. The museum preserves memories of the vibrant, multicultural neighbourhood ...

Cape Town - More name changes for District Six are on the cards ... failure to provide restitution to District Six claimants since 1998. Under the apartheid government, Hanover Street was renamed ...

Cape Town - With around 5000 visitors a month, the District Six Museum has made a turnaround since the dire impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, with its calendar now fully booked until the end of 2024.