Greyville, Durban

Greyville is an area in Durban, South Africa.

It is on the flat land west of the Durban city centre, at the foot of the Berea.

[1] Initially, Greyville was a middle-class and working class white area, populated by those who couldn't afford to live in the upper Berea, because of its lower altitude.

Declared a slum, by the Slums Act, Greyville was declared off-limits to Indians by the Group Areas Act and parts ("Block AK") were demolished in the 1970s, subsequently being converted into shopping centres, and low-rise corporate offices.

[2] Block AK was subject to a substantial land claim by its former inhabitants.