HIST 382 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: The Surplus, Chicken Wire
13 Mar 2019
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The book is used as an attempt to answer some basic questions on the policy of relocation in south africa. There is growing pressure of urbanization nationwide and the resistance of the majority of south africans being pushed around indefinitely. Glenmore was a relocation site, a settlement created specifically by the government to house people whom it forced to more from where they were living before. It was about 40km from grahamstown and 200km from. Port elizabeth where most people went to look for work. The houses that people lived in were government houses and were temporary wooden sheds that were lined with chicken wire and had a mood floor. When the people first moved into the houses in 1979 they were told they would have to build their old houses to replace the government ones. It was likely that they were going to be moved by the government again, so they did not bother building houses.
