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ATTERIDGEVILLE HERITAGE AND white se lers in the 1830s. By The Na ve Laws Amendment Act of
HISTORY FOUNDATION conquest and expansion, 1937 prohibited Africans from
indigenous people were displaced. owning land in urban areas and
CELEBRATING THE 83rd The Na ve Land Act passed in 1913 ended the possibility of the
ANNIVERSARY OF ATTERIDGEVILLE,
LETTER dras cally restricted black people expansion of freehold in townships
ITS HISTORY AND HERITAGE. to access to land. From that me including Lady Selborne, Eastwood,
FROM was curtailed and by the me the and this helped accelerate
Highlands, Eersterus and Riverside
onwards, African land ownership

The A eridgeville Heritage and
overpopula on which in turn
Na onal Party was voted into
History Founda on in partnership
with various stakeholders will be power in 1948, a plethora of created a squa er crisis in
celebra ng the 83rd anniversary of legisla on applied racially Marabastad, Bantule and Mooiplas
A eridgeville, one of the oldest discriminatory restric ons both in hence the proclama on of
townships in the country through a rural and urban areas. A eridgeville being established on
range of ac vi es to get clear the farm, Elandsfontein as a
insights on the social and poli cal The implica ons of the Na ve Land loca on in 1939 and expanded to
history by capturing community Act (Act 27 of 1913 was to: Saulsville in 1949.
narra ves on the following
ques ons: Who are we? How did - Separate whites and Though A eridgevile was
we become and what makes us Africans in rural and urban areas; proclaimed a loca on in 1939, the
who we are today. - Freeze exis ng tribal areas first residents started their
and stop Africans from acquiring occupa on on 26 May 1940 and
The other main objec ve is to land outside these areas; the removal of people from
communicate to future genera ons - Force Africans to become Marabastad and Lady Selborne was
and visitors from other parts of the landless nomads forced to migrate only completed between 1950 and
world the history of this area which to urban areas. 1956 under the Bantu Rese lement
has always been best known for its Act of 1954. Between 1940 and
warm rela onships, jazz, sports and THE 1914-1918 WORLD WAR 1 AND 1949, only 1 500 houses were built
na y dressers - both men and ITS CONTRIBUTION TO URBAN in A eridgeville and development
women. SQUATTING.: was frozen between 1968 and
1978. This resulted in the
THE HISTORY OF ATTERIDGEVILLE -The war created a big demand for mushrooming of backyard shacks
AND WHY IT WAS BUILT OR African labour in urban areas. and overcrowding in the three-
DEVELOPED. roomed, four-roomed and five-
- This led to a popula on explosion roomed houses.
A phase in the history of in Marabastad, Pretoria and
Atteridegeville passed with the subsequently resulted in a cri cal As a solu on to the overcrowding
death of Mrs Pat Eybers in June housing shortage. situa on, the Bantu Rese lement
1989. Act of 1954 was used to encourage
WAS ATTERIDGEVILLE THE residents to move out the loca on
Mrs Eybers , known to many old CREATION OF MRS ATTERIDGE ? to Mabopane and Soshanguve
Pretorians as Myrtle Pat A eridge, nearby.
served the capital as a city Under the Na ve (Urban Areas) Act
councillor and deputy mayor. 1923 local authori es gained power The first resident to move to
to : A eridgeville included traders,
For many years she acted as the - Demarcate and establish professionals like teachers and
chairperson of the then Na ve townships on the outskirts of white employees from the City Council of
Affairs Department and history has urban and industrial areas; Pretoria whose history is restored
it that it was through her - Determined access to in the naming of streets, schools
involvement in the fight for the funding these areas; and other ins tu ons a er them.
development of the township west - Provide housing for those They include Maraba, Nduna and
of Pretoria that A eridgeville was Africans not in loca ons Moroe streets , Mboweni Primary
named a er her. This would seem (employers/ local authori es); School, Mangena Mokone Primary
that A eridgeville was developed - Determine beer brewing School, Dr WF Nkomo Secondary
as a result of goodwill and not as a and trading rights in loca ons; School, Bud Mbelle Primary School,
result of racial discrimina on and - Establish separate revenue Flavius Mareka Secondary School to
segrega on which were the circuits (revenue from fines, fees name but a few.
integral components of the South and rent) for maintenance and
African history since the arrival of improvements of these loca ons.

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