One of the sad losses of our time, lovely historical buildings, beautiful people and music developed in the area at the time before all the politics entered.
I remember as a very young girl going through this area with my parents, I remember when catching the bus, everyone could still travel together, it was later as I grew older I noticed the change.
There are just no words to express how the people felt being shoved from pillar to post at a whim. Forced removal of area, burning, or flattening them to the ground happened in other regions.
Living in the 'Transvaal' Fietas was a place we frequented often to shop, buying material with my Mother to sew clothing for us, it was also close to where my Gran lived. Here is the link if you are interested in this http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/fietas-site-forced-removal-johannesburg-renamed-pageview
Thanks for sharing some of your memories 😊... will have a look at the article about 'Fietas'.