Residential Settlement Patterns: A Pilot Study of Socio-Political Perceptions in Grey Areas of Johannesburg

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Title:	Residential Settlement Patterns: A Pilot Study of Socio-Political Perceptions in Grey Areas of Johannesburg
Authors:	Coning, Christo de Fick, Johan Olivier, Nellie
Year:	1987
Periodical:	South Africa International
Volume:	17
Issue:	3
Pages:	121-137
Language:	English
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	segregation Urbanization and Migration Ethnic and Race Relations Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Abstract:	A significant result of the reform initiatives in the field of sociopolitical relations presently being launched in South Africa, is that all the major legal measures as well as practices resulting in racial differentiation have come under the magnifying glass. A vital aspect is the question of residential settlement patterns, the use of public amenities and education. It is expected that the Reservation of Separate Amenities Act will be repealed shortly. Neighbourhood and school segregation, however, seem to be of the most sensitive sociopolitical issues at stake. This study focuses primarily on the question of group areas but it is realized that this issue has a close bearing on public amenity utilization as well as education. It focuses on the perceptions of residents in so-called grey areas, or racially mixed neighbourhoods, regarding a vide range of societal parameters which might have become either more accentuated or less critical due to the factual circumstances of closer interpersonal as well as intergroup contact. Notes, ref.