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ISSUE NO.12

MONDAY WRAP Western Province Chinese Association August 25 2014 RIP Ho Moo Kan, mother of Alice Chong (Cape Town), Caroline Check (Toronto), Nelly Wing (Melbourne) and Yvonne Fong (Melbourne) passed away on the 10th August 2014 in Melbourne, Australia.

A memorial service was held in Melbourne on Sunday 24th August 2014.

She was born on the 20 December 1925 and is survived by her 4 daughters, 8 grand children and 10 great – grand children.

After retiring she spent time with her family in Melbourne,Toronto, Johannesburg and Cape Town. She made friends wherever she went and she will be fondly remembered by many.

DISTRICT SIX, CAPE TOWN: EVICTION AND RESTITUTION

The Manley shop at 43 Selkirk Street, District 6, Cape Town

DISTRICT SIX, CAPE TOWN: EVICTION AND RESTITUTION The area was named in 1867 as the sixth municipal district of Cape Town. On 11 Feb 1966, the government declared District Six a “Whites Only Area” under the Group Areas Act with the removals starting in 1968. By 1982, more than 60,000 people had been relocated to the sandy bleak Cape flats township complex, some 25 kilometres away.

Since the fall of apartheid in 1994, the South African government has recognised the older claims of former residents to the area and pledged to support rebuilding.

The District Six Museum serves as a remembrance to the events of the Apartheid era as well as the culture and history of the area before the removals. The ground floor is covered by a large street map of District Six, with handwritten notes from former residents indicating where their homes had been.

(Reference from Wikipedia) One of the families affected by the eviction was the Manley family. The late Chong Sing (Johnson) & Hannah Manley had 3 properties in District Six, bought in 1949/1950. The properties consisted of a house in Rochester Road, an adjoining plot in Chatham Street and a shop in Selkirk Street.

The Manley family was evicted from District Six in 1972.

In August 1995, Hannah Manley lodged a claim for the above properties with the government.

Restitution: In August 2013, the Manley family was suddenly told to “collect your keys” for a semi-detached 3-bedroom duplex.

Unfortunately Hannah Manley had passed away in March 2013, too late to receive and see her compensation, 41 years after eviction.

The family is still to be compensated for 2 erfs. The name “Manley Villa” can be seen on the floor street map in the District Six Museum.

The title deeds have not yet been transferred to the Manley family at the time of publishing.

Hannah Manley talking to a newspaper reporter on 13th August 2009

Anybody remember this photo?

People’s Post Tuesday 18th August 2009 Note: All news are not neccesary that of the editor who Anybody remember this photo? cannot be held responsible for any errors and omissions.

BUN•NY CHOW I ‘banê CHou noun

Like the delicious food it describes, this is a term which has been imported into the national vocabulary from Durban where the word bunny is thought to have come from the Gujarati word ‘banja’ meaning merchant or trader.

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