Surtee's / Kay's Fashion Building

Surtee's / Kay's Fashion Building Blue Plaque and Entrance via New Braamfontein Lofts

Lined with shops on both sides, with goods spilling out onto the colonnaded pavements, the 14th Street bazaar was a bustling centre of trade. Families lived above their businesses, taking turns to help out behind the counter. By 1977, the traders were evicted by the apartheid government, and moved to the Oriental Plaza. Sixty-seven households formed to Save Pageview Association which fought for their homes through the courts, defying the bulldozers.

Plaque Location:
Gauteng
Johannesburg
Pageview
Vrededorp
Plaque Address:

25 14th St, Vrededorp

Plaque Category:
Apartheid
Forced Removals
Museums
Retail
Shops
Strikes and Protests
Struggle Heritage
Plaque Organisation:
City of Johannesburg

Photographs of the Fietas Museum (The Heritage Portal)