South Africa: Johannesburg City Council: Department of Non European Affairs
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TitleSouth Africa: Johannesburg City Council: Department of Non European Affairs
Reference codeICS94
Date1946
Scope and ContentPhotocopies of documents concerning squatter problem at Orlando, Soweto, 1946 including records of meetings between the Department of Non European Affairs and deputation from Orlando Advisory Board; record of joint meeting of General Purposes, Non European Affairs and Special Housing Committees; minutes of Sub-Committee on squatter movements, and minutes of meeting of Native Advisory Boards with Non European Affairs Committee.
NotesSoweto (originally an acronym for South West Townships) started with a competition organized by the Johannesburg City Council in 1931 for the design of new black townships for 80 000 residents south west of Johannesburg. Orlando (named after the Mayor of Johannesburg between 1925-1926 Councilor Edwin Orlando Leake), was the first of its kind in South Africa and was to form the core around which other townships were to develop and eventually become Soweto. There was an increasing influx of the Africans coming to Johannesburg in search of work, due to factors such as the natural disasters in the country and the exclusion from the farm land.
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System of ArrangementChronological
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