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Munsieville, one of the Witwatersrand's oldest locations, provides a valuable insight into the forms of control exercised over the urban black population for eight decades. Aspects of this control include restrictions on black movement, on the position and layout of black residential townships, and the taxing of the black population to finance the cost of their control. Resistance by the population to this control has included formal deputations to those in control, wilful contravention of restrictions and violence against symbols of their repression.
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Proctor, M.P. Local and central state control of black settlement in Munsieville, Krugersdorp. GeoJournal 12, 167–172 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00216664
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