The Battle over Oude Molen and the meaning of heritage in South Africa

 

By SAALIEGAH ZARDAD

The fight over Oude Molen is more than a land-use dispute. It is a struggle over living heritage, memory and who gets to define belonging in post-apartheid South Africa.

This month, in our ‘Decolonial Heritage Reflections and Dialogues’, we introduce a new voice to our conversation on heritage. Saaliegah Zardad is a researcher and writer whose work focuses on heritage, cultural landscapes and post-apartheid spatial justice…

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