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District Six, named the Sixth Municipal District of Cape Town in 1867, was a lively, multicultural district made up of artisans, freed slaves, merchants and labourers. During the Apartheid era, it was declared aa white area and remains a powerful site of memory in the modern world.
- Sarah Roller
History. The area was named in 1966 as the Sixth Municipal District of Cape Town. The area began to grow after the freeing of the enslaved in 1833. The District Six neighbourhood is bounded by Sir Lowry Road on the north, Buitenkant Street to the west, Philip Kgosana Drive on the south and Mountain Road to the East.
The area known as District Six got its name from having been the Sixth Municipal District of Cape Town in 1867. Its earlier unofficial name was Kanaldorp, a name supposedly derived from the the series of canals running across the city, some of which had to be crossed in order to reach the District (kanaal is the Afrikaans for ‘canal’.)
This call was realised in 1989 through the creation of the District Six Museum Foundation, located in a hall on the Zonnebloem Estate. Today, empty patches of land echo silently in parts of the landscape that used to be District Six: a hollow residue of a displaced community.
May 26, 2024 · District Six, named the Sixth Municipal District of Cape Town in 1867, was a lively, multicultural district made up of artisans, freed slaves,...
It was named the sixth District of Cape Town in 1867. Originally established as a Community of freed Slaves, Merchants, Artisans, Labourers and Immigrants. District Six was a centre with close links to the City and the Port.
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Many observers came to see District Six as a prime example of the destructive effects of South African apartheid, or racial separation. A neighborhood located near the center of Cape Town was named the Sixth Municipal District in 1867.
