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stand, and the fact that as a playground today, it is still a communally shared and vibrant

place. The mosque, furthermore, situated next to the park, directly expresses a deep historical
link between the fishing community and this part of Kalk Bay.

Although the CDB oversaw the sales of the properties listed under the GAA throughout Kalk

Bay, only in one case did the CDB itself buy a property that it later sold. This property is
situated towards the top of Rosmead road and was bought by the CDB in 1968 for R7 500.

Four months later the CDB sold it for R8 250.

In Windsor Road - Die Middedorp - which also has a long history of being a ‘mixed’ area -

most of those who left under the GAA were tenants. Among these was a shoemaker, Mr

Kalan, who, like many others, vacated the home that his family had rented since his
grandfather’s time. After he moved from Kalk Bay he continued for a few years to run his

shoe shop in Windsor Road until he closed down.

Another considerable loss, not only for Kalk Bay but for the wider community, was the
closing down of the boarding house in Windsor Road. Two property-owners in this street

sold as a consequence of the proclamation, and one of them was Miss Pauline Dyers, who ran

one of the very few boarding houses on the coast that was open to coloured people.
Holidaymakers and honeymoon couples visited this place until it closed down and the

property was sold, six months after the proclamation. While the property was sold for R5 000
in 1968, four years later it was sold for R12 400, an example of the process of ‘gentrification’

of cottages that took place all over the peninsula wherever Group Areas were proclaimed (see
Western, Ch. 7.)

In all of Kalk Bay, only those living in the fishermen’s flats were exempt from the Group
Areas legislation. (Fig. 5.5.) Even properties situated immediately around the flats were

targeted by the CDB, such as for example the Clarence Villa on Godfrey road. In 1974, when

the owner passed away, his children could not inherit or continue living in the property,
which was built by their grandmother. It was sold under the GAA for R17 000.

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