Reference code
ZA UCT BC1223_B_B2_B2.13
Title
[Cwc13] Ndabeni Project: Ndabeni (2) (Xho)
Date(s)
- undated (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2 items
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
Following the outbreak of the Bubonic Plague, Ndabeni was established in 1901 at the Uitvlugt forest station. Although conceived as a temporary settlement for black residents in Cape Town, it continued to house residents for decades. Themes include: Bantu education; civic organisations; churches; housing laws; leisure activities; life in the Transkei; Ndabeni as the first African temporary settlement in Cape Town; politics; schooling; sport; urban migration.