BUSINESSglobal
The hyper-NIMBY of earlier Cape Town and South Africa
Single source
Updated 3 hours ago
First seen March 17, 2026 04:58:09Stay on top of this story
Follow the names and topics behind it.
Add this story's key topics to your watchlist so LyscoNews can highlight related developments and future matches.
Create a free account to sync your watchlist, saved stories, and alerts across devices.
Quick Summary
The most controversial of the forced removals occurred in the second half of the 1960s, with the expulsion of 65,000 coloureds from District Six, a vibrant inner-city ward of Cape Town, where whites, many of the slumlords, owned 56% of the property. Against their will, District Six residents were moved out to the sandy townships […] The post The hyper-NIMBY of earlier Cape Town and South Africa appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.