Today, Fordsburg is a major centre of Indian and Pakistani culture, with a large number of halal restaurants. The Oriental Plaza, located in Fordsburg, was created by the Apartheid government as a large shopping centre for Indian-owned shops, and is a major attraction in Fordsburg. The suburb was portrayed in the 2012 film Material, which highlighted some of the cultural, racial and religious issues still facing South Africa's post-apartheid society
Fordsburg was the site of a miners strike by Afrikaner nationalists and many Communists. Mine bosses insisted on using African labour in the mines. White workers opposed this policy, and Smuts called in the troops and airforce.[3] This strike is also known as the Rand Rebellion. A plaque in Fordsburg Square records the people who were killed there in the last battle of the rebellion.
fordsburg, suburb, johannesburg, south, africa, located, region, needs, update, residential, suburb, although, housing, numerous, shops, factories, show, gautengshow, south, africacoordinates, 20667, 02333, 20667, 02333countrysouth, africaprovincegautengmunici. Fordsburg is a suburb of Johannesburg South Africa It is located in Region 8 needs update Fordsburg is a residential suburb although housing numerous shops and factories FordsburgFordsburgShow map of GautengFordsburgShow map of South AfricaCoordinates 26 12 24 S 28 1 24 E 26 20667 S 28 02333 E 26 20667 28 02333CountrySouth AfricaProvinceGautengMunicipalityCity of JohannesburgMain PlaceJohannesburgArea 1 Total0 55 km2 0 21 sq mi Population 2011 1 Total2 350 Density4 300 km2 11 000 sq mi Racial makeup 2011 1 Black African46 2 Coloured2 1 Indian Asian50 0 White0 3 Other1 4 First languages 2011 1 English43 6 Zulu15 1 Tswana5 0 Xhosa4 5 Other31 8 Time zoneUTC 2 SAST Postal code street 2092PO box2033Today Fordsburg is a major centre of Indian and Pakistani culture with a large number of halal restaurants The Oriental Plaza located in Fordsburg was created by the Apartheid government as a large shopping centre for Indian owned shops and is a major attraction in Fordsburg The suburb was portrayed in the 2012 film Material which highlighted some of the cultural racial and religious issues still facing South Africa s post apartheid societyFrom the earliest days of Johannesburg the suburb housed a large Jewish community with the Fordsburg Mayfair Hebrew Congregation established in 1893 1 as well as associated institutions such as a Kosher butchery chevra kadisha welfare organisations and Bet midrash 2 1922 Miner s strike Edit Old 1922 plaque in Fordsburg Square Fordsburg was the site of a miners strike by Afrikaner nationalists and many Communists Mine bosses insisted on using African labour in the mines White workers opposed this policy and Smuts called in the troops and airforce 3 This strike is also known as the Rand Rebellion A plaque in Fordsburg Square records the people who were killed there in the last battle of the rebellion Writer Herman Charles Bosman and playwright Athol Fugard as well as anti apartheid activists such as Yusuf Dadoo GM Naiker and Nelson Mandela spent time in Fordsburg 4 References Edit a b c d Sub Place Fordsburg Census 2011 CHAPTER FOUR JEWS REFORMERS REBELS OR JUST UITLANDERS accessed 23 June 2013 Marikana A lesson in late liberal democracy Archived 2012 08 24 at the Wayback Machine Eish www southafrica net Retrieved 11 December 2021 External links EditA history and overview of Johannesburg s western inner city including Fordsburg This Johannesburg related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fordsburg amp oldid 1133764710, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
