Drum Magazine social history photographs, South Africa edition 1699

Sophiatown Big-Shot Fight For Their Homes: J.R. Rathebe. A new rent hike in Johannesburg's townships, breadwinners feeling the pinch in Meadowlands (dubbed 'Dr. Verwoerd's baby') and other areas, along with the famous Rathebe court case, are all bringing the spotlight back to that disputed piece of 'black land': Sophiatown. For Sophiatown landlords, it's the familiar cry: "We want to keep our homes!" For tenants, especially in Meadowlands, it's the uncomfortable reality of paying rent.