In Johannesburg, Once Known For Apartheid, Gentrification Means Displacement For The Poor

JOHANNESBURG – Jabu Khwela was rehearsing a monologue for his theater class one morning when he heard the sirens and then the shouting of a private security team outside his home.

Minutes later, the 20-year-old student and his family were forced onto the street with all their belongings. Along with 50 other low-income residents, they were being evicted from living spaces they had informally rented -- without a lease -- in an industrial building in this city’s Jeppestown neighborhood.

Khwela’s family and their neighbors were displaced to make way for the redevelopment of the gritty industrial area into Maboneng, an arts mecca with pricey loft apartments, chic cafes and independent movies theaters....

http://www.ibtimes.com/johannesburg-once-known-apartheid-gentrification-means-displacement-poor-1576519

So the evil white capitalists are being replaced by evil black capitalists. Funny old world.