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Malay Camp, Kimberley

The Malay Camp in Kimberley, South Africa, with a history similar to Cape Town's District Six, Johannesburg's Sophiatown and Port Elizabeth's South End, was a cosmopolitan suburb originating in the early days of Kimberley's existence but subject to forced 'slums clearance' after the owner of the land (De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd) donated the area to the Kimberley Municipality in 1939.


Sol Plaatje Museum

The Sol Plaatje Museum and Library is in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa, in a house where Solomon T. Plaatje lived during his last years, in Malay Camp, No 32 Angel Street.


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