Special Report Transcript Episode 84, Section 5, Time 34:29

Sophiatown was razed to the ground as if to erase the memory of what could have been and in its place came ‘Triomf’, ‘triumph,’ victory. The sterile suburban streets that emerged were indeed seen as a triumph for white rule. The spirit of Sophiatown was broken, its people dispersed. But in the life of a nation 40 years is not that long and last year Triomf became Sophiatown again as South Africans starting regaining their dignity. One cannot help but wonder what would our society have looked like today had the magic of Sophiatown had not been destroyed.

Notes: Sophiatown demolitions; Triomf

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