Dark City, noun phrase

A nickname for the township of Alexandra, near Johannesburg.
1955 W.M. Manqupu in Drum 40A velvet pall..hung over Alexandra Township...In this evening frock, the ‘Dark City,’ as it is called, could compete for loveliness with any other town and hold its own.
1963 L.F. Freed Crime in S. Afr. 109Alexandra Township. This township, known as ‘the Dark City’, is notorious as a crimogenic area...The township lies outside the Johannesburg municipal area, and is situated approximately eight miles from the centre of the city.
1982 D. Bikitsha in Rand Daily Mail 14 Oct. (Eve) 5Former famous black residential areas like Sophiatown, Western Native Township and Alexandra went under quaint names like ‘Kofifi’ ‘Casbah’ and ‘Dark City’.
A nickname for the township of Alexandra, near Johannesburg.
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