A unique African City

In class we discussed the 6 types of african cities.
The indigenous (native) cities
• The Islamic city
• The colonial (administrative) city
• The “European” city
• The dual city
• The hybrid city
South Africa doesn't fit into any of these categories but it starts its own category: the apartheid city. In G Saff's article from International Journal of Urban and Regional Research called The Changing Face of the South African City: From Urban Apartheid to the Deracialization of Space. He talks about how South Africa's urban space and land use was based on racial segregation and apartheid. He says that although the city is changing the basic legacy of apartheid still remains. Although, spatial changes are being made to de-segregate there are still problems with the urban poor. And the urban poor traditionally seem to be black. He differentiates between the urbanization of the blacks and the urbanization that is going on throughout the city.