Ponte City, Johannesburg: a history of appropriation and the appropriation of history by McKay, Harriet

“…Ponte is known, however, for having been quickly abandoned following the Soweto Uprising in 1976, after which it was reappropriated by black squatters—drug lords, pimps and gang bosses. Thus, Ponte was transformed from heavenly white vision to black hell. …”
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