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| Title: | Ethnicity and Residential Patterning in a Divided Society: A Case Study of Mayfair in Johannesburg |
| Authors: | Fick, Johan De Coning, Christo Olivier, Nellie |
| Year: | 1988 |
| Periodical: | South Africa International |
| Volume: | 19 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Period: | July |
| Pages: | 1-27 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | South Africa |
| Subjects: | segregation plural society Urbanization and Migration Ethnic and Race Relations |
| Abstract: | Despite the existing system of racially designated residential areas as legislated for in the Group Areas Act of 1966, multiethnic residential settlements have emerged in most metropolitan areas throughout South Africa. The Research Unit for Development Studies at the Rand Afrikaans University has undertaken research since 1985 on the dynamics of residential settlement patterns in multiethnic neighbourhoods. One study was conducted in 1987 in Mayfair, a racially mixed Johannesburg neighbourhood, where newcomers were almost exclusively of Indian origin whilst leavers were mostly of an Afrikaner background. This article first discusses some key phenomena such as ethnic stratification, class variables and security needs within the 'tipping' context of Mayfair. Next, it analyses the quantitative research results of the survey, which involved two components: basic data regarding population traits in the area as well as relevant characteristics of the housing situation, and the sociopolitical attitudes and perceptions of residents flowing primarily from the present multiethnic character of the area. In the conclusion the research findings of Mayfair are compared with those of other areas. Ref. |