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| Coordinates:26°11′53″S28°01′01″E / 26.198°S 28.017°E /-26.198; 28.017 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.17 km2 (0.066 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 947 |
| • Density | 5,600/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Indian/Asian | 41.1% |
| • Black African | 29.4% |
| • White | 14.8% |
| • Coloured | 11.1% |
| • Other | 3.7% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 42.1% |
| • Afrikaans | 27.0% |
| • Zulu | 4.1% |
| • Northern Sotho | 3.1% |
| • Other | 23.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2092 |
Pageview is asuburb ofJohannesburg,South Africa. It is located in Region F of theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Populated by non-whites, predominantlyIndians, until the 1970s, it was one of two adjacent suburbs (Pageview, and the portion ofVrededorp south of 11th Street[2][3] populated by non-whites) commonly known asFietas.[4]
In 1894, the land that would eventually become Pageview, was allocated by theSouth African Republic forCape Coloureds[3] (includingMalays) and it became populated by Cape Malays. It was known as theMalay Camp (laterMalay Location[3]) with 279 stands. Coloureds had managed to obtain some concessions from theBoer government ofPaul Kruger, possibly because they shared theAfrikaans language.Indians lived in theCoolie location, a slum west of the city, that was burned for sanitary reasons after an outbreak ofbubonic plague in 1904. Most of the displaced Indians moved into the Malay Location,[3] and by the 1940s it was mostly inhabited by Indian South Africans.[4][5][6][7] On 27 January 1942, the Malay Location Standholders and Traders Association requested the name of the township be changed to Pageview after Johannesburg Mayor J.J Page.[5] The town was renamed on 23 February 1943 and the council asked the government to give the Indian land owners ownership of their land.[5] In 1948, the National Party won the election and would soon introduceApartheid. The area would be declared a white area which meant the eviction of all non-white residents, with black residents going toSoweto and Indian residents toLenasia with evictions continuing from 1964 to 1970.[5][6] Many homes werebulldozed, and housing for white people was built on some of the land, with large parts remaining undeveloped. This heritage is now commemorated at theFietas Museum.
TheOriental Plaza, a shopping centre, was built by the Johannesburg City Council to compensate the traders who lost the shops during the forced removals.[5]
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