Mu 1867, mzinda wa South Africa wa Cape Town unagawidwa m'madera khumi ndi awiri. Mwa awa, District Six ndi imodzi mwa malo okongola kwambiri mumzindawo. Iwo ankadziwika nawo chifukwa cha anthu ake owerengeka, omwe anali amalonda ndi ojambula, omasulidwa akapolo ndi antchito, oimba ndi ojambula, osowa alendo ndi mbadwa zaku Africa. Ngakhale ambiri a m'dera la District Six anali ogwira ntchito ku Coloreds, azungu, akuda, Amwenye ndi Ayuda onse ankakhala kuno mbali ndi mbali, pamodzi akuimira pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo khumi a anthu a ku Cape Town.
Kutha kwa Chigawo
Komabe, pamene midzi ya mzindawo idakula bwino, anthu olemera anayamba kuzindikira kuti District Six ndi yosafunika. Mu 1901, kuphulika kwa mliriwu kunapatsa akuluakulu a mzindawo chifukwa chofunikira kuti asamuke anthu a ku Africa akuda kuchoka ku District Six kupita ku tauni yomwe ili pamphepete mwa mzindawo. Chifukwa chochitira zimenezi chinali chakuti malo osauka monga a District Six akuchititsa kufalikira kwa matenda, komanso kuti amatauni atsopanowa azikhala paokha paokha. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, anthu olemera a ku Cape Town adayamba kuchoka kutali ndi midzi yozungulira. Chotsatira chake, chotsala chinapangidwa mu District Six, ndipo derali linayamba kugwera pansi kuti likhale umphawi wadzaoneni.
Kusokonezeka kwa tsankho
Komabe, ngakhale kusintha kumeneku, District Six idapitilizabe cholowa cha mitundu yosiyanasiyana mpaka nthawi ya chigawenga.
Mu 1950, lamulo la Gulu la Areas linaperekedwa, loletsa kuyanjana kwa mitundu yosiyanasiyana kudera limodzi. Mu 1966, District Six idasankhidwa kukhala malo amdima okhaokha, ndipo nthawi ya kuchotsedwa mwaukakamizo inayamba zaka ziwiri kenako. Pa nthawiyi, boma limalimbikitsa kutulutsidwa mwa kulengeza kuti District Six idakhala chisokonezo; chowopsa cha ntchito zachiwerewere ndi zoletsedwa kuphatikizapo kumwa, njuga ndi uhule.
Zoonadi, zikutheka kuti deralo liri pafupi ndi mzindawu komanso sitima inachititsa chidwi kukhala ndi tsogolo labwino.
Pakati pa 1966 ndi 1982, anthu oposa 60,000 a District Six adasamukira kumalo osungirako makilomita 15.5 / 25 ku Cape Flats. Chifukwa chakuti derali linalengezedwa kuti siloyenera kukhalamo, mabombawa adasunthira m'nyumba zawo, ndipo anthu omwe adataya moyo wawo ku District Six anadzidzimva okha, ndipo katundu wawo adasinthidwa kuzinthu zawo. Malo olambirira okha ndiwo omwe anapulumutsidwa, kotero kuti District Six idakhala bwino ngati dustbowl. Masiku ano, anthu ambiri omwe kale amakhalamo amakhalabe ku Cape Flats, kumene zotsatira za umphawi waumphawi zomwe zikupitirirabe zikudziwikiratu.
Chigawo cha Six Sixth & Theatre Fugard
M'zaka zomwe zitangotha ​​kuchotsedwa, District Six inakhala yophiphiritsira kwa anthu omwe sanali a ku South Africa omwe adawonongeka mu nthawi ya chigawenga. Pamene chigawenga chinatha mu 1994, Nyumba yosungiramo Zachisanu ndi chimodzi inakhazikitsidwa mu tchalitchi chakale cha Methodist - chimodzi mwa nyumba zochepa zomwe zidzapulumutse kufika kwa zidazi. Lero, limakhala malo omwe anthu akumidzi akukhalamo.
Zapatulidwa kuti zisungidwe chikhalidwe chapadera chasanthantheid District Six; komanso kupereka chidziwitso cha zovuta zomwe zimachitika chifukwa cha kukakamizidwa kumalo komwe kunkachitika ku South Africa konse.
Nyumba yayikuluyi ili ndi mapu aakulu a manja a chigawo chomwe chinasaina ndi anthu akale. Zizindikiro zambiri za m'deralo zinapulumutsidwa ndikupachikidwa pamakoma; pamene mawonetsedwe ena akubwereranso nyumba ndi masitolo. Zipinda zomveka zimapereka akaunti zaumwini za moyo m'Chigawo, ndipo zithunzi zimasonyeza momwe zinkaonekera pachimake. Sitolo yabwino kwambiri idapatulidwa ku luso lapamwamba, nyimbo ndi mabuku omwe anauziridwa ndi dera komanso mbiri yake. Mu February 2010, nyumba ya mpingo ya tsopano inachoka ku Congregational Church ku Buitenkant Street inatsegula zitseko zake monga The Fugard Theatre. Wina wotchedwa Athol Fugard, dzina lake Athol Fugard, adatchulidwa mwapadera pamasewero a ndale ochititsa chidwi.
Tsogolo la Chigawo Chachisanu
Lero, dera lomwe kale limadziwika kuti District Six likudutsa mawuni amakono a Capetonian a Walmer Estate, Zonnebloem ndi Lower Vrede. Ambiri a chigawo chakale adasiyidwa, ngakhale kuti District Six Beneficiary ndi Redevelopment Trust yakhazikitsidwa kuti athandize anthu omwe athawira kwawo kubwezeretsa malo awo. Zina mwazinthu izi zakhala zopambana ndipo nyumba zatsopano zamangidwa. Ndondomeko ya kubwezeretsedwa ndi yokonzedweratu ndipo ikuchedwa, koma tikuyembekeza kuti ngati anthu ochulukirapo adzabwerera ku District Six, malowa adzapeza chiukitsiro - ndipo adzadziwikanso kamodzi kowonjezereka ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana. Malo a Chigawo Chachisanu ndi chimodzi mu maulendo ambiri a kanyumba a Cape Town.
Chidziwitso Chothandiza
Museum Six District:
25A Buitenkant Street, Cape Town, 8001
+27 (0) 21 466 7200
Lolemba - Loweruka, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
The Fugard Theatre:
Caledon Street (kuchokera ku Buitenkant Street), Cape Town, 8001
+27 (0) 21 461 4554
Nkhaniyi inasinthidwa ndipo inalembedwanso mbali ndi Jessica Macdonald pa November 28, 2016.