Officially moved In 1950 the government passed the Group Areas Act of 1950. The crux of this act was to assign races to different residential and business areas in urban areas. The law was essentially to exclude any non-White from being allowed to live in established towns or to live and work in any established economically viable areas - all of which were proclaimed to be White areas. The Coloured population suffered heavily under this Act mostly as a result of forcible removals. By 1982, more than 60 000 people (from District Six alone) had been relocated to the comparatively bleak Cape Flats. Family and neighbourhood networks broke down, making childcare and running a household economy far more difficult. The housing scheme was gray and anonymous. Employment was situated further away than before. Young people were often without parental guidance or recreational activities, and many joined street gangs operating protection rackets. Two 'super gangs' emerged, the Cape Town Scorpions and Born Free Kids, who recruited from reformatories and planned how to make their money once their sentences were up.  ¶ 2/02/2007 09:30:00 AM