Juliwe Cemetery
Juliwe Cemetery is the last resting place for the population of Juliwe location. The cemetery played a great role in cultural, community and religious life and it was the focus of much ritual activity and a place where both Christian and African ancestral rites were carried out.[1][2]
The cemetery was located on the west side of the location with the cattle kraal located nearby. A report from 1959 records, 2 000 adult graves in which 3000 bodies had been buried along with 2 635 infant graves. Funerals were a key moment for expressing public solidarity and family grief. On the day of the funeral, ministers from different churches would come and all church denominations would unite. Different ethnic groups would unite in solidarity with Xhosa people catering for Twana tastes and vice versa.[3]
History[edit]
In negotiations over the removal of the resident of Juliwe to the new township of Dobsonville, Soweto in the late 1950s and 1960s, it became by far and away the most contentious issue. With the rest of Juliwe having been erased and covered over the development of a white-only township only the cemetery remains as a stark reminder for the community which was supoorted.
Location[edit]
The Cemetery is located in the present day Horizon View Shopping center, and it is now surrounded on all sides by a suburban homes and covers a full city block bounded by Albert street and van Stanten drive.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Horizon View Cemetery – musings while allatsea". allatsea.co.za.
- ↑ "100+ tombstones vandalised & about 500 graves are unidentifiable as a result - Soweto Urban". 3 August 2017.
- ↑ "Dobsonville – musings while allatsea". allatsea.co.za.
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