Coloured migration in the Cape region at the beginning of the twenty-first century

Abstract

The nature of the urbanisation process among members of the coloured ethnic group in the Western and Northern Cape is changing. Previously, in this region, urbanisation could be described as a process of step-wise gravity flow migration from Cape Town’s hinterland to the metropolitan area. This rural-urban process of migration continues, but the favoured destinations are now regional towns rather than Cape Town itself.

Die aard van die verstedelikingsproses vir lede van die kleurling etniese groep in die Wes- en Noord-Kaap is besig om te verander. Verstedeliking kon vroeër in hierdie streek beskryf word as ’n proses wat stapsgewys plaasgevind het vanuit die landelike hinterland van Kaapstad na die middestad. Hierdie proses van landelike-stedelikemigrasie duur voort, maar gunsteling bestemmings is vandag eerder streeksdorpe en nie meer die stad Kaapstad nie.