More than 100 people, mostly former residents of District Six, braved the heat to take part in the annual Walk of Remembrance on Sunday February 11. The walk is held to commemorate the day in 1966 when the apartheid government proclaimed District Six a whites-only area, which led to its 60 000 residents being forcefully moved to the Cape Flats and their homes flattened by bulldozers. The group walked up Keizersgracht Street into the CPUT residence, where they placed stones at the cairn in Hanover Street and tied messages of hope to the nearby fence. The walk was led by judge Siraj Desai, who called for a more speedy process to have District Six declared a heritage area.
St Cecilias Christmas Band, which is originally from District Six, led the walk from the District Six homecoming Centre.
The director of the District Six Museum, Bonita Bennett, and judge Siraj Desai, the chairman of the museums board of trustees
Ayesa Alexander Salie shares her memories of growing up in District Six
Shariefah Davids shares her story on a placard.
People tie messages of hope to the fence.
Naeem Frances and Shokie Isaacs also took part.
Dianne Voges, from Belhar, and Catherine de Jong from District Six.
Nadeemah Oorstendorp, of Southfield, and Fareda Moosa, from District Six, supported the event.
Shakir Salie and Tiffany-Kim Thompson
Naeem Frances and Shokie Isaacs also took part.
Faranaaz Gilfelleon, Amelia Brinkhuis and Jasmina Salie braved the sun.
Ruth Rose Jeftha paid homage to the legacy of District Six.
Ayesha Price, curator of the Peninsula Hospital Memorial Project, and Mogammat Benjamin.
