MAGGIE RESHA

By 1959 Sophiatown had become a heap of rubble, and sanitary facilities had diminished to a level beyond human tolerance. Terror of police raids, arrests, homelessness, had reached their summit. Then it became our turn. Robert [Resha] had gone to Pretoria as usual to attend the trial [Treason Trial]; I left for work about one hour later. When we returned that evening, we found the children, as well as our household goods, on the pavement. The Resettlement Board demolishers had arrived shortly after our departure, and had commenced the demolition of our house without having given us any notice of their intentions.

- Maggie Resha, Mangoana o Tsoara Thipa Ka Bohaleng (My Life in the Struggle, 1991).