Riots
Towards the end of World War II about 30,000 squatters had built their shacks in the place, which started even bigger riots between 1949 and 1950 when the Group Areas Act was passed on by the government. People were now forced to move from the place to townships like KwaMashu and the Indians moved to places like Chatsworth and Phoenix. On The 23 January 1960 an angry mob attacked 4 white and 5 black policemen at the Cato Manor Police station; they butchered the men and mutilated the bodies. The mutilated bodies, with genitals stuffed in their mouths, were then dragged through the streets by the mob. The tumult eventually died after 1964 when the place was deserted.
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