From Fietas to Lenasia

It was the year 1964 when the South African Apartheid regime started serving eviction orders on non-white residents of Fietas - a process which would continue until the 1970s. Despite resistance, by 1980s more than almost 5,000 housing units were built in Lenasia for the relocation of the Indian community. Radio Islam spoke to some members of the Indian community about the experience and what life was like before the move… Yunus Akhalwaya of Solly’s Corner in Fordsburg - in existence for more than 50 years, Hajra Wadee - an 89-year-old woman who lived through the evictions and relocations and journalist Ashraf Garda…