Formal segregation and population distribution in Port Elizabeth

Abstract

The various segregationist policies adopted by administrations since colonial times have profoundly affected the distribution of the population in Port Elizabeth. An increasing degree of segregation became evident as a result of changing state and private programmes, until the city was transformed in the period from the 1950s to the 1970s from a colonial, 'segregation city' into the modern 'apartheid city'.

Keywords

• port elizabeth
• segregation
• population distribution