Sophiatown (Triomf)

A suburb of Johannesburg. 2 moments on air in the last seven days, the latest on Friday 07:48.

2 moments

Friday 9 October2

  1. 07:48SAfmThe National Briefingheard as “Sapphire Town”

    And where he met his lifelong mentor, Father Trevor Huddleston. You know, Sapphire Town was alive with jazz and writers and photographers. But from 1955, the state moved people out by force and ultimately flattened the neighborhood. The

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  2. 07:47SAfmThe National Briefingheard as “Sapphire Town”

    of joy, and with good reason. A shared joy tells people that they matter and that their lives are worth celebrating. And apartheid needed Black South Africans to doubt that. So think of Sapphire Town, where the arch lived as a teenager.

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