Coloured townships south africa1/4/2024 ![]() They found themselves acting as guardians, defending the resident KhoiKhoi against representatives of colonial government and the labour hungry Boer farmers of the area. When the village of Bethelsdorp near Port Elizabeth was first established in 1804, it was managed by two driven men from London Missionary Society. Narrative 1: The mission station in Bethelsdorp The name ‘Northern Areas’ is complex and has historical roots which can be traced to the late 1960’s and 70’s when communities were forced by the Apartheid Government to move from places such as South End, Fairview, Salisbury Park, North End and Willow dene, to a new area far removed from the centre of town. ![]() She perceives Coloured identities as “cultural identities compromising detailed bodies of knowledge, specific cultural practices, memories, rituals and modes of being formed in the colonial encounter between colonists (Dutch and British), slaves from South and East India and India from East Africa, and conquered indigenous peoples, the Khoi and San.” Sociologist, Zimitri Erasmus notes that Coloured identities are not based on race mixture, but on cultural creativity and creolized formations, shaped by South African history of colonialism, slavery, segregation and Apartheid. The negative connotations which Coloured identity was imbued, more notably, the shame attached to their supposed hybridity and the marginality of the Coloured people caused them a great deal of frustration. It generated fears that they may lose their positon of relative privilege and be relegated to the status of Africans. He argues, that it was due to the Coloured People’s assimilation which spurred hopes of future acceptance into the dominant society their intermediate status in the racial hierarchy. He believes the Coloured identity did not undergo a process of continuous change during the era of white rule in South Africa but remained essentially stable. ![]() ![]() According to Mohamed Adhikari, leading scholar of Coloured Identity, the concept of colourednes functioned as a social identity from the time of the formation of the South African state in 1910 to the present. The Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 defines designated disadvantaged groups as Blacks (Africans, Coloureds and Indians). The Northern Areas of Port Elizabeth is a historically Coloured demarcated residential area. ![]()
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