District Six Museum

Woke up to a threatening day, as I hit the road at 0800 and sure enough it started to rain just as I arrived after the 500m walk to the other hotel for breakfast, after which I caught an Uber to the District Six museum. This exhibit tells the story of one of the most notorious episodes in South Africa in the context of the background of the entire apartheid system. In 1966, the regime forcibly evicted 60,000 residents of this historic neighbourhood to outlying townships far from the city and razed the buildings to the ground to create a new whites only residential area under the Group Areas Act.

The displays are extremely detailed with loads of small print and photos and memorabilia of the personal stories of the displaced.Read more