communitics affoctod by the Group Aroas Board.

e.;>mmunities af'foatod by tho GJ';I\lP Aro"" Bo,~rd_

It highlights the distross th~t is unneoos8~i17

given t1 tho viotimD of those unjust l"ws.

1 WYBBANK - residontial

2. STOCKVIUoB - agl'ioultuJ'al

3 GREY STREET - oOllllDoJ'olal.

1

1.

ZOlflliQ OP i1YEIWlK

Since tbc tlrn bc'U'iDg bct-.ro the Group &reu BoIIZ'd ill. 1951.

O"I'cr the sonins ot i1Tcb3nk. tile 3000 0'1' 8"r<l Indi:lZl8 Unng in tho &r03 hl\.,o oll1st04 in " at-ato

ot

oanst:=n.t

unocnunt,.

and _:dot)' O'nIr their futuro.

During tboo )'<l::l.n 81nco 1951 8:n-orlll "onqulrlos" hnvo boon .-.do, and lottors writton

b1'.

tho Dop"'l'taont ot Planning but no doo1810n hu h::lon cado. In 1966 tho B3ntu G00IIIlI188101l dooided to ncputato ^(I. po.rt of Vyobllnk tor extra Bantu b.;u81ng. .1IIlY obj.::o-

t10n8 wore r::dsod by 1<:10111 commoroo and. in:lullt17 nnd., <1110 to this strong 8upport (to tho Indians) thO Bllntu C::llilJll1aelon. with- drOll tboir <1001910n,

Tho Bat:.! COIIIllittoo of Group Ar9~ Bo!U'd held two soparnto dtting8 in 1957 and 1959 to oond<1ol' pt'OposalB in oonnooUon with t.bo r;on1l18 ot i17QbMk. Hopro8CJltaUons voro .!\do ol\lUng

tOr zOlll1ng or tho &rOn t"r Indian occupation ftnd ownorship. At

'I. tlJrthcr lICoUna or the Group .&.nl~ Illtlll Ca-iUoo lIDd. Kllnt Ilunic.ipallty i t Vila /l6l'Cod tb,U oortllin Ihropcon-ovnocl IMol. not

previously o:lrlslolorocl for Ind..1an ownorship, bo inob>olod io tbe prop<»<:>d Incl1an .&.roa 1.0 prortolo . .i ':\.blo bouDliaries for son1M:

purp:>aos.

Prolc.l.p 11014¥ in iesuo of ^{; l} Proola."hon an:! grorina toaru OIlongat tbe IIld..1ans about tho fI.lturo p~pto:i tho IIld1:lZl R~toPlQ'ers'

"soc::i"Uon t:> writo to tbo Dop"l't.ont of Cc 'Illty Oovolos-ont in Protort&. J. lot1.Or l'OOoivcd crOll tho Soorctary f;lr C-.nit7

IlovoloPIIIOllt statool that proposals for Oroup &roM! vwld bo advortis- od ill tho pross, vhen Indian ratop!l1"Crs oould 1l1Sl<0 fUrthor

roprollentsUons.

This 1& tho sort

ot

corroapOildolloo that has boon olU'%'iod on

?Vor ~ 10llg poriod.

In oonsultatic.l. with pooplo in tho Vyobank !loroo. i t appoa:rod th .... t thoro i8 nO appuMt justifioo.Uon

tor

.wing tho IndiMs a>l8?F as VTCbllnll: fUlnUs tbo roquircDOnts

ot

tbo Group J.rQ",. .let i t i t

sh.JUld be sonOO 'Indllll:l'.

Vyobank 1& v0!'7 ooovonicntls plMlOO ill relationship

to

Pinetown nnd.

'ow

^Qorlllln¥ In:iuatrlos.

Includ..1ng tbo "I.rll..'flsklo:>t lata1.O" (sCToral th'JUsl\lld acro8

l.71na

botwoon tbe BoNUgh

at

ICloot and. tbe BMW. township ot

Clol"llOllt vblob doos n,t tall W'Ider the jurid.1ction of llIl7 .m1oi- pllUt;r or Local Boaltb COlIlC1tt~prosonU.;roccupiod bT 10d..1MS) tboro aro ovor threo tbousand. In:i1ans in tbe V;rob:ln1t area.. _ost

ot

tbe raon Mol tbo ;rauna WOllOll llr(I o..plo;rOO in Pinotown and lfew Ger1l;lll;f in OOllllllOroO, industry end sbops, oto. In April 1970 a

lettor W3.8 writ too by tho NUBI Cbubor ot Industries to tho Score- tary tor Planning, Protoria, ro tho zoning of Vyobank. Tho Chamber

ot

Ind.ustrios has a vory direot intorest in thiB m1l.ttor as its mombor hrma omploy a la.rgc !lUmbor of Indian vorkOrB. Tho lottor quotoa tho fl)Uoving tigurosl-

Total nl). ot Indianll omplo;rOO ill 1967 ^VlUl 'Potal no. in 1969 ^Waa

4 186

5 216.

As tboro ^;U'Q llUIlOrouS firall not iooludod in this count (oOllp"ll1oa who a.ro oot _bera of tbo Ctl.u.bor ot Ioduatrios) tho Cbabor

eonsidors that a oonso.rvat1vo oati.ato of tho nu..'bor of In:i1_s e.plo;rod in tho Boroughs of Piootown and 'ov

Gonwl.J"

would be 8 000 or .oro. B,. now thia nlImbor is probab17 inc:rouod. b;r _2~

Tboro appears!.••

Thero "ppc:>rs to be no 'Grooll ~~"c.' "or ':;,."t""". ^\"l Pinetown or New GerowCly, with tho oxeoption of "" oxisting Munioipal Bantu

looati<.>n at Kla."UYator whieh is zonod for future Imli:>n oocupation, but which obvioosly oannot be used Ulltil tho B&ltu living thero nOW :>ro hoosed ohowDoro n,.c to tho o.bs;;nco of Indil!ll rosidontial

1U'0"ll in oloso proximity to Pinotown Indil!ll workors "'ro often OOlll- pollod to find oooommedatlon in plaoos suoh ^'l8 Shnlloross,

Ch ....to .. orth ood ovon, in a fow o""os, 118 far ""IV as Vorult:llll. A

survoy conducted by tho ChMber of Industrios revoals thll.t workors fNm theoo aroas fiN obliged to oatoh wsoo taking thom lin hour or mc>ro t:> .roach their work. This i8 vory exponsive for them in relation to their fairly 10.. wages.

lIy<lbMk apPOl\rs to h,wo gro'!.t potontial as M Iml.1an rosidon- tl ... l "rca.. The Kleof 1'0..11. B»e.rd h!l.S indioated that 1/4 aero plots would bo n.llowe-i if Wyebnnk is zoned Ind.i"". This llIoans that SOlD»

twonty to twenty-fi-'e thousand Indilllls could be s"ttlod tboro and Wyobnnk w'~uld SOrvO !UI a vory convoniont "do:nnitory" t:> Pinotown

r.nJ. Now Gorm,1lly. Tho 1/4 tl.Oro plot ruling would bo a PQPul(U' lD'lVe with tho Inil.ians in Wyobnnk and would allo.. for a good cll\8s rosi- dontial nrc'...

While Wyob'lnlc romains "unzonod" dovolopment is at a otandst111.

Thero are

356

ohildron attonding the Oli.O oohoal in tho aron. lind ol"Uls08 hn.ve t., tnko plaoo in "shifts" lua to l"Ok of I!P"OO. Tho school toilots h"-vo boon o"nd="d, rOMI! arc appalling, Md ploa8 for furthor sOhool aoo::lln.,odation h,wo beon turned down as thero is obvious roluotano,> on all sidos t;:o spond mono)' or invost in an

nro" with 80 unoortun ,.. ftituro.

Whilo thoro is littlo f>u'ming or oven fruit Or flower growing in Wyebank o.t presont, land too stoop for hous!n8 dovolopmont

could bo usod. profit:l.bly fJr ban"ll,,-gr,;ndns, oto.

Land values in Vyobanl< aro oomp'lJ'nblo t" rosld.enti"l l<ln.d.

v"lues in Klo:>f.

Three t(l si" llIenths n:>tioo t" lIl.:lVO is usually givon in ro- lloning prooll\lllations. No <lltom'l.tivo aocomnlOdatiun h!l.'l boon sug- gested to thG Indiilll.s but tho m-lst likoly possibilitios npp"11r t:> be Kl"''''rllator or Ch·,tsworth. Both w:>uldlno:lll incre""oo cost of trMo-

p:>rt fur Indians working in Pinot.,)wn.

Chatsworth is ,.,lro'ld,y ovor-populated 8-fold, whioh JIlCIIllS thi\t faoilitios suoh as hospit"lo, sehvolo,buscs, oto aro inlUloQuato.

Housos Md l""d, ·if tnk-m by the G:>vornlllcnt ^:3.8 tho rosult of rom:>vals, aro valuod by Gr~p Aroas valuators. I f " privato buyor is found

a poroent'lgo .,)f tho prieo,..2:!£!. tho Govomlilont v:l.!u'l.tion, DlJ.st go to Com....ni ty Dovolopnlont. It is " woll-kn0Wn fact that a largQ profi t

W6S made over rOllloval of Indiana in lIeatvl110.

Indians h,wo beon liVing in lfyobank for

80-90

yOl'J's and aro a wCll-ostablishod o=unity with 0lM)' brgo family groups. Tllis story illustr....tos ^ODOO n.a:,'lin the disruption o~ tho traditional Indioo wil,Y of life.

lIyobook pooplo with whom I hnvo spokon wished t..> mnko i t

clon.r thut tho Kloof Town Bon.rd have loy....lly supported the IndiMs 1111 along and h ....vo mado oonat'lllt roprosontl'ltions en their bohnlf but wi th no result.

This inforlllCltioa w... givon to tho writor by Mr. N::.r'lCljoo, tho Seorot'U')' of tho IndiM R<\topil,Yors' Moooia.tion wh"

d.>os..!:!.21 wish his ll.<llil.e to bo published.

3

2. STOCKVILLE VAL~Y

Very 800n ,,[tor tho tir5t world war InJi;lZls worc (If'j'orod tho lU'oa of Stockvillo for dovolopmont for agriculturel purpo8ca. I t wns then 1\ barron valloy but over tho yoars i t haB bocn m"l1o into a. mest produotive =ou cut up into many small holdings. BMnnas, flowera and vogotabloll arc sent in to tho Durban markot and in to Pinot;>>m. It ill said that ovor _~ of tllo flower... Bold in tho Indian ,"arkot in Durban arc grown in tbis valloy, and 201' of vogc-

tablo8 M<1

20%

of tho bllnnnas.

Tho l'llld 1s now owned by tho Indians. of whom there =0 OVor 2 000 lIottlod in tho vaUoy. A BohoOlI for 400 P\1pllB has boon

built (\lid to this Bchool ohildron oOmo hom Kloof. Hillcrost and.

Bcthna 11111.

In 1963 tho oaJ.m of thoBo pooplo ^wail Shattered "hon i t beoMa known that they WOrO to bo moved to make "I~ for a colO\>rod housing

Bchomo, and 1n 1964 this throat took sh"'po "bon tho Departmont of C.:>mllUnity Dovel;>Pl:Icnt oonfinnoa that thcy voro to bo llI<JVcd. Tho uneort.:linty dr::lggod On until Mn,y 1970 vhon a notice appearcd in

the Hatol Mercury, this tice issued b,y tho Dopartmont of' PL'\M.ing, which stated that ^fII"l onq\liry ^If::.>; t:l bo hold into tho desirability of doproelaim1ng oortain Mens (vf which Stockvillo V'l.a ono) for Indians .~d of proclaiming theso aroas f'or tho vecupativn of

C<Jloureda, for ownorship and occupation.

Tho 8ituati',:,n is boing oxamined by corto.in EuropoNl bodios, including Churchos, wh" fool thll.t tho Indians <U'O indood an asset t.J tho district, ferming <\.iIthoy do a oompact, industri:;Us and

viablo cOl:lmUnity, and it will bo intcr"sting t" SOO wh:;l.t tho.o bodios, OaA aohi~$ to holp thoso farcora ..ho aro t~atonod with the 10S8 :>f thoir livolihood.

Tho rcm;oval of Ind.ians from the Stookvillo Valloy has baan throutonod for n long timo.

AlJOUST 4.1964 - Tho Oillitts Indi1lll L"Ildllwnors Association wroto to tho Oillitta-Eaborton Hoalth Cocmittoo p:>inting out that thcy

voro in dangor of boing movod IIIl.d sayingl "I/o nro a i'arning oOl!U[l.lni ty;

vo cMnot m:lko a liv:!.ng if va aro drivcn from our land, and if wo nro f.,)rood into "rgMised township8."

AUGUST 11 1964 - A mcmoranduCl voo submi Hod to tho Dop'~rtmont of

C~nity DovolopClont on bohalf of tho Oil1itts Indian ~1ndovnors

Assooiation by Mr. Lestor Hall.

Although no reply woo reeoivod tn this m"m"randum by Mr. Lestor Hall, nO' furth"r action vas tllkon for somotime.

)lAY 15. 1910 - A notieo appol\rod in th"Natal Morcury to tho offoot

that ^l\Il onquiry VM to be hold into tho dosirnbili ty of do-proclrdliling as n grcup =oa for IndiMs cort.un aroas of vhich Stockvillo vas

ono, :llld of' proolll.iming thoao aroas f.)r Colouroa ownorship !lI1d occupation. On this action tho notico VI\3 issuod by tho Depnrtmont of f'lnnning and not by tho DopnrtmOllt of' COml:l.lni ty Dovol"pt:lQnt.

JUN.&: 12. 1910 - A l:lomorandul:l ..^,<8 submittod to tho Dopartmont of Planning by tho Gillitts Indian Landolffiors bsociation objcoting

,~ this do-procl:;l.matien.

UCTU:BER 2. 1970 - A. roport v,1.8 publish<ld <If que8tions by Mr .... T.

ilobbor in the Hw,so of Assombly.

V18its "era pll.id b thoSt:>ckvillo Valley lind d18eussion8 wor;,) h<lld vith .r. Oovcndcr, Ch;drn:ln of th<l Oillitts Indian Landowners

Association. What omerged "3S a pictuI'Q of' a thriving and industrious eOJ:ll:lWlity Which had tnkon ovor a. barren vnlloy ""1Il0 fifty Y0lJ.rs ago

'\nd had/. ..

Md had turned it into n produotivo nroa, sending fruit, vegotablos :md flovors to tbo surrounding Europo!lll aroas ~d to Pinotovn. In a:l.ditioo, particulo.rly from the youll8or mon and vomon, labour is supplied to th", Industries .:Jf Pinetown. A school for 400 children h1l.S boen bull t, good housos orectod, t\lld thoro aro over 2 000 poople living ln tho vnlley os a viablo eOllllW1lity.

Whot strikos one is tbouttor inhumanity of such a moyo. Those aro oountry poople vho werk thoir plots llkllfully and pr'lductivoly, nnd it 18 pr.1posod to movo them to Chutsvorth vhero thoro 16 hardly Innd f"r the sl:l:l.llest of g<l1"dons. BolO vill those poople liYo?

No immodinto l;IOVO i;, oontOlllplated and thero 18 still timo for furthor roprosentations to bo mnjo.

I t is omph:w18od th·...t tho presont stato of uncort<.linty should not conti.nue. As fv back as 1%3 tbo Prineipa.l of tho school

pointod out that nocHlssary onlargemonts of the sohool o.ould not bo clU'rlod ,:,ut boc.~so of uneortninty as to tho futuro. In this eon- nection it is interosting to n'oto that over fifty of tho sehol'U's o,>me froD CU'Qas outsido 0111itts, suoh. as H1l1erost, BothaB Hill, Kloof ate.

Dovalopt:lonts in "ther diroctions havo II.lso boon held up during tbis period tut despito this fnet this aro1l. suppl10d to tho Indian markot 1n Durban

80%

of Illl locally grovn flavors Bold 1n that

market.

2<>:'

of tho vogotables sold.

2<>:'

of the blVlM!l8 sold.

Tho prosont populntion 1s ostimated at approximatoly 2000, somo 450 mon vork 1n Pinetown and <ldjacont aroas in Indulltrios and 95 VODon in Clothing Industrios in Pinot:>"n.

5

3. TRE IMPLICATIONS OF THE aIlEY STREET C~MPL<:X &lING PROCLAIMJ!P IIRITE

T~c '\7'0"; kn')wn ~.ll the Oroy Str"ot Complox htls boon "t'rozon"

sineo 1%0 Vl:l dovolopmont h'w boon hold b~ok hCC"!U80 of tho fOIlr

of tho Indl1l'l ;>oopl<.> th:'.t it would be zonod for Whites. All building and lltorati.:>n h"lS rO'l.uirod '" perrot rr,:lI'1 tho DoplU'tlllont of COPlllUnity Dovol0Jll:l0nt, "\lid n.:> rceldonU.,l building 1\t nIl h'.9 boon :,llowod.

Despi to this. some very woll-dcBignod :In:! woll oqulPl'od orfioo bl.:>oks h(\vo boon oJnlltructod.

Tho nroa W'l.S first settled by IndlM trt'.dors in 1810. Thoro arO 418 propertios, 95% being IndlM-ownod .W

99%

^{Wholly oocupied}

by In:l.1Ms Tho Municipal valuation of Indian-ownc<l buildings 18 R16,800,OOO, :m],y Rl,300,OOO ·"'ld.dition'll

t_,

thh being O'o'no;l.

publioly or by IIhiteo.

In 1%3, 70J tr·ldore. Jr r'Jllgbly half .)f ,,11 Ind.l!Vl tr!\dora in tho Ilo.lrb on ("I'''''' opcr!lto:1 in tho Groy Stroot c:>"'l'l<.lx. T~<.Iir tr"dos c:>J:lpriao IIh:-l<.la"'l<.lra, t,,-Uora, ropllJ.r lIurkshopa, light industri",l vst"-bliahJ:lQnts, "rficaa '<Ild pr;;>rvsaion"l firms. If Gray Stroot 1101'0 lost tJ tho Indinn oOlllllJJ.nity, tho IJ3s :>r grolftll potontio.l Ifwld bo

enOnD.:>us, both for Indiana !\lid !latal.

In 1966, "vory cons<.Irv"tiv;I oatilila.ta (If cmplo,ymont or IndiM.s in Durbun If(l.ll lIl'lde, ilrld i t

"".8

diacuvorod tb ...t oval' 12% ':If ,<11 thoso

<.Imp1:>yod in GNater Durblll'l Iforc omployod in tha Gr<Jy Straot o;.>r.lplax.

MorQ rocontly, i t If ... cstim'l.tvd. th'lt n,mrly 21,000 Indinns (IN QIll- ployo:1 in tho aro,,", un;!. that n"nrly 58,000 peoplo arc .1Qpondont 011 thJaQ Too proaent reaidontial population of thia 3roa is botlfoon 12,OV.) ,,":1 14,OOU pcoplo, 'IlId thor<.l is oonaiderablo ove ... crolfding, but, 1l.Cc:>rding tQ Mr. L. Sehlommor, "tho majority of dlfolling unita o'.mfor13 t·, 8tllnd'U'ds or adO<.UMy." If this nrO'. 1101'0 to bo pro- cl"in:>d '''hit<J, tho lack -:.1' h"Using for InJ.iMs IfOUU bo OVOn mOre chronic At tho ond of 1969 it lias osti"'.ltcd that 112,OW IOO1MS noodod h.msing, largoly aa --. result or tho Gr""p Areas Act Ifhieh h1ll>

diSQualifiod roughly on<.l third of Sooth Afrle ...·s Indi,'Il population.

Amongat soei~.l =d cultur"l <II:Ioni tioa in thv nr01l 1'11'0 lu:mriou.s cinolllllJ3, :l. first-cl 'Sa rostnur!\llt, ... vory govd In<1i'Ul hotel, " very 1.'\1'go M.JsQ.uo llhieh is ,--.tt<.lnd<l<1 by up t;;> 8 lJOO 1'001'10 .m H.:>ly D;;ws, tho II L Sultan T<Je!lnieal Colloge, 17 C::lIP-mnity !lolls, 16 schools,

3 Chureb08 f-,r Non-\Ihitea, 3 'I'OIllple8, 4 WoU,....o Agoneioa, 11loap1t1l1 '\Ild 21 Rost ....lr..'I'lts :lnd ToJ. ll.o;>ms. Theso :Il:Ion1t1os nro uaod by Ind1nn po,,,10 in <'Ill surroundine =,;,."s vr Durbnn, onJ. eoo1d novel' bo 1'0-

built in slll,11"r, 10s9 c<.Intr,"Ll P1l.I'ts.

If Grey Str<l"t r<.l",.uns o.a llIl Indi'"Ill 11'0'" HI' L Sehlelll/llor

ozpocts cl\pit"Ll t.J flow in fr;;>m other parts of Nat .. l, nnd avon from tho rr,lllsv""ll Ifhoro Gr"up Arc,.,. Proe18lll"tions hayo mado doYolupm.vnt J.iffieult. Aoeording tv Lord I",lford <Illd l'r.Jf09sor K'lo'1ter.:tlfich 1n

their R;lI'0rt of 1968, i t is unlikoly that Groy Streot lIill be nQQdo<l 1';;>1' businoss .or rosidenti,.l purposos by tho Whi toa ^I\Il they 1I.I'0 mOr<.l l1k3ly t·) dovo!:>p tVlIlI.rda tb3 B.."Y <Illd tho B3ach. Furthor, tbo

Hoport stated th·,t thoy expoeted. Groy Stroet to continue t:o dov.o10p Ov"n unJor a:}v"rse eondi t1ons, and th,-'t the numbor vr rosidonta in this nro,," 1111.8 likely to d.ocro·<.ge.

In 1952 tho Durb''Il City Council doeidod th ..t tho central city aro',a, c)k:ltllorci"l >nd industr1'l, sh'Xlld nllt be tho subjoct of

torriturinl r"eo group pl.-liming, -.nd th"t thoso '\1'039 IIh·ou1d be loft ....s "w"rking nro"-B unzooed". In 1961, th" :OUrb III Ch'""bor of Cvtll!\eree b"\Cko:1 this '11th Il simi 1"" resolution. In 1962, Mr. J.J.

Ihr'us, thon Seerotn.ry of the :DQp"l'tmont cf COllll:lUhity DeYelopmont, ....gro"d that I:lajor e1tios such aa Ilo.lrb"lll, w'lUld h"lvO intor-r.""i!.l bU9in<.lss oontres, Illd th ..t Imi1-.ns buying proporty in thos<.l "-1'0 ...

If?Ul:1 n)t b<.l rog".r·I<.1;1 "lB un1ort.:lk1ng t"l:Ip-Jr.'U'Y 1I.I'ri\ngomonts. In 1964, Mr ~ 1(',11'00, thon Ministor ef Indian Ufilirll, sllid ~hat

Indhna/

Indians would ,..~+ b" f?rac<1 to la(l\" '·0 ...

industrial aron.s undor thoGroup MO"'! A.ct.

that Groy Stroot was such lU'l ar.:>a.

pN,,~':>":...od :'-'J aontro11od Mr. Maroo I'MO it clonr

On 29th Soptombor 1970, tho JIlinilltor of Planning "€Tood to IIpood up 0 looision, and ho h!l.S aineo visitod Groy Stroot. Now, ovoryono w"ita 11t11i::>ulIl.,y to hoar wh<;thor tho Indiana will bo a110llod to o?ntinuo lIith tho bullinossos tho,)' hlWO huilt up, or whothor thoy DUst bogin all ovor /\gain in Cl now placo with a lll.loh s"",l1or cnrkOt, or oVlln bo ,<-uito unablo to aff:;,rd tho aatr:mOlllio prioos (U;lkod f"r land in Indian arOM. Apart from tho torriblo loss th~t tho Indian pooplo llould lIuffor, for onco tho Whito gr~p

IIJuld als.;> auffor _ f'roC! tho loss. of a tourist attraction, and a fPollainating Shopping llrO(l. and perhaps ovon fN" thoir oOllsaioneoll wbOl! thay soo what is boing dono t>J a llOttlod., industrious oomcunity

just to koop Durbl\ll "Whito"

Information found in roport by Mr. Lauronoo Sohlommor, Univorsity of N'l-tal.

Roport on Dop.~tmont of COlllllUnity Dovolopmont by

Mr. E Winohostor, M.P.