Editing Polokwane (section)

=== Years of apartheid ===
Like many places in [[South Africa]] at the time of [[apartheid]], racial segregation and inequality were fundamentally ingrained into the town,<ref name="Donaldson 69–83">{{Cite journal |last1=Donaldson |first1=S. E. |last2=van der Merwe |first2=I. J. |date=February 1999 |title=Urban transformation and social change in Pietersburg during transition |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10289852.1999.10520169 |journal=Society in Transition |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=69–83 |doi=10.1080/10289852.1999.10520169 |issn=1028-9852}}</ref> following the end of the Second Boer War, together with the formation of the [[Union of South Africa]] in 1910, institutional laws were in place in terms of divided [[urban planning]] which were implemented continuously throughout this era. The commencement of apartheid in 1948 meant that Pietersburg was clearly segregated in both [[Residential area|residential regions]] and for business ventures.<ref name="Donaldson 69–83"/> 
[[File:ApartheidSignEnglishAfrikaans.jpg|none|thumb|A sign prohibiting non-whites to use public amenities reserved only for whites]]


The institutionalization of the notorious [[Group Areas Act|Group Areas Act in 1950 and its amendments in 1966]] ensured that the [[Spatial planning|spatial development]] of the [[Central business district|Central Business District (CBD)]] was  exclusively for whites and other regions of the CBD being exclusively for other races such as "Indian centre" for Indians/Asians, many regions were designated to only a specific race of people such as the suburbs of Nirvana and [[Westenburg|Westernburg]] at the northwest of the town only being occupied by Indian/Asian and Coloured groups respectively, while the suburb of Bendor being reserved for Whites. The [[township]]s of [[Seshego]] and [[Mankweng]] were occupied by the Black population. Removals of minority groups for white residency, whites-only owned industrial sectors and a regular barrier between people of different races were heavily enforced.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Donaldson |first1=S. E. |last2=Van der Merwe |first2=I. J. |date=June 1999 |title=Residential desegregation and the property market in Pietersburg 1992–1997 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf03036620 |journal=Urban Forum |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=235–257 |doi=10.1007/bf03036620 |issn=1015-3802}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |first= |date=10 April 2014 |title=POLOKWANE City of resilience and middle class 'bling'? |url=https://www.sacities.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Polokwane-final-report.pdf |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=South African Cities Network}}</ref>